Fiona Hill is warning that if Donald Trump is elected again in 2024 it would mean the end of America’s leadership position in the world.
“We’ve been the gold standard of democratic elections. All of that will be rolled back if Trump returns to power after claiming that the only way he could ever lose is if someone steals it from him,” Hill told New York Times Magazine in a new interview.
“It’ll be more than diplomatic shock,” she added. “I think it would mean the total loss of America’s leadership position in the world arena.”
Hill served as the top Russia advisor on the National Security Council under the Trump administration. She also served as the national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia for the National Intelligence Council under former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. She was also a key witness in Trump’s first impeachment when he withheld congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine in exchange for dirt on Joe Biden.
Hill compared Trump to authoritarian leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
“In the course of his presidency, indeed, Trump would come more to resemble Putin in political practice and predilection than he resembled any of his recent American presidential predecessors,” Hill said. She said Trump wanted the same “arrangements” as Orbán,”where he could push the margins and stay in power without any checks and balances.”
Orbán recently won reelection to serve a fourth consecutive four-year term. However, critics say he’s rigged his country’s electoral system to ensure the opposition has little chance of winning.
Trump has hinted that he plans to run for president again in 2024. He has endorsed several loyalists running for positions that play a major role in counting and certifying the results of the election following his defeat in 2020, which he blames on election fraud without providing any evidence.
