I want to know the answer to the following question:
Who believed that the hiring of Molotov would result in a better deal with the western countries?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Carr argued that the Soviet Union's replacement of Foreign Minister Litvinov with Molotov on May 3, 1939 indicated not an irrevocable shift towards alignment with Germany, but rather was Stalin's way of engaging in hard bargaining with the British and the French by appointing a proverbial hard man, namely Molotov, to the Foreign Commissariat.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no