personally, praically the only thing trump said to me during my time in the administrationas to ask in reference to putin, am i going to like him? before i could answer, the other officials in the room got up to leave and the presidens attention shifted. such is life as a female advisor in the trump white house. then there s stephanie grisham, a senior official in the administration who makes clear in her new book that attempts to look tough on russia were all an act, reflecting on a bilateral meeting in osaka back in 2019, grisham writes this, quote, with l the talk of sanctio agains russia for intfering in the 2016 electi and for rious man rhts uses, ump td putin,okay, i m gog toct a lite touer with y for aew minutes but it s forhe cameras and after they leave, we ll tal you understand. fiona hill was actually present for that meeting and griam describes it this way. quote, as the meeting began, hill leaned over and asked me if i had noticed putin s translator, who was a very attrac