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What's going on in the minds of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin? | The Global Story

2026-03-09 News & Politics
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Fiona Hill is one of the foremost authorities on Vladimir Putin and a former White House advisor on Russia during Donald Trump’s first term. Over the course of her career, she has sat across the table from the Russian president and helped shape US policy at the highest level. Now that Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine has entered its fifth year, many are wondering whether peace talks between the Trump and Putin administration will ever lead to anything substantial. We ask Fiona Hill what she thinks will be going through the minds of the two leaders. We ask whether she thinks both men understand each other and whether there is any hope of a negotiated peace. New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you’re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. LINK: https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/the-global-story-ytl For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #BBCNews #russia #trump #putin Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Who is Fiona Hill? 01:45 Meeting Putin for the first time 04:00 Russia's 'watershed' moment 09:00 Why did Fiona Hill become Trump's advisor? 11:00 'You can't prep Trump' 17:00 Is a negotiated peace possible in Ukraine? 21:00 'Trump doesn't understand Putin'

Top Comments (10)

@waterworks54 2026-03-09

I dislike the interviewers who keep interrupting the speaker.

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@johnhunt1725 2026-03-09

Trump doesn't understand much of anything - he's an intellectual moron. That's the biggest part of his appeal - his mind is on the same level as his followers'. He's just as ignorant, stupid and imperceptive as they are, and yet he's a billionaire solely because of his financial predatory instincts and willingness to flagrantly violate ethics rules and flat-out break the law at will. The majority of American voters knowingly and willingly put a bona fide criminal in the White House. This country deserves everything it gets as a result. And if you think things are going swimmingly well at this point, remember - that's how things started out for Germany in 1939.

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@СемёнПопов-п1м 2026-03-09

Donald Trump is an elderly man who suffers from various ailments, including mental disorders. This is clearly visible on his face.

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@kathleenmccrory9883 2026-03-09

It's so generous to imply tRump has a mind.

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@Ryanjones111 2026-03-09

Most exercise I get these days is shaking my head in disbelief 😅

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@kenmitchell7250 2026-03-09

Wow. I always feel totally enlightened having listened to Fiona.

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@JohnBl7167 2026-03-09

Putin understands Trump tho.

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@ae.noether 2026-03-09

Hill’s insight on Putin and Trump is incomparable.

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@canadian75made 2026-03-09

I think we all can agree Trump is a Baffoon!

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@martinquinn-c3u 2026-03-09

"Hell is empty, and all the devils are here."Shakespeares the tempest.

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