Find Quote by Fiona Hill

Putin's an egomaniac, so there are two ways he can process his ego mania. He can say, "Oh, I stood up to the U.S.,"…

— David Brooks

[Vladimir Putin] complimented him. That led Donald Trump to then compliment Vladimir Putin and to defend Vladimir Putin's actions in a number of places…

— Michael Morell

From Mr. [Donald] Trump's perspective, right, he simply heard [Vladimir] Putin compliment him. He then responded by complimenting him. He never thought that he…

— Michael Morell

Trump respects people who are selfish about their country. Putin is a guy who is very selfish about Russia and about the Russian federation,…

— Michael T. Flynn

Putin responds to threats, to illegal sanctions, and to incessant propaganda with statements that governments need to respect each other's national interests and to…

— Paul Craig Roberts

I do think that when we're looking at Putin's actions, we really need to look further into what his point is. Because I think…

— Clarissa Ward

Look at it from [Vladimir] Putin's perspective, right. He's a trained intelligence officer, worked for the KGB, very talented, manipulated people much smarter than…

— Michael Morell

Trump very much wants to be liked by Putin and I think sincerely admires him. Putin doesn't know how to deal with somebody who…

— Masha Gessen

I think to deal with Putin, you need to deal from strength. He's a bully, you enable bad behavior when you're nuanced with a…

— Jeb Bush

In some ways the most appalling thing of all, that Trump continues to question the fact of a very serious Russian attack on the…

— Max Boot

So Putin is not the dictator that he's often accused of being. He has to be very sensitive to public opinion.

— Fiona Hill

The question is whether Donald Trump recognizes that Vladimir Putin is a bad guy. And I guess there's no indication that he regards Putin…

— David Brooks