Though both the Eastern Europeans and the many Americans believed that the West was hoodwinked into letting the Soviets create their network of East European client states.
It's not entirely clear if she was being hoodwinked by officials at the time or she believed it and she's changed her mind, but suddenly she's very anti-deal.
And it may not land as authentic to your children at first because children are always skeptical and they don't really believe us because we have so hoodwinked them so many times.