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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)

@along9971 2026-03-09

Why does the interviewer keep interrupting and talking over Fiona? Very rude

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@ae.noether 2026-03-09

Hill’s insight on Putin and Trump is incomparable.

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@Ryanjones111 2026-03-09

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

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@JohnBl7167 2026-03-09

Putin understands Trump tho.

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@nursejanainholland1978 2026-03-10

I love Fiona Hill. I could listen to her all day. There's no need to really interrupt her at any time.

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@lolohellokids3211 2026-03-09

The journalists keeps interrupting Fiona Hill. Let the knowledgeable people speak please 🙏

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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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@Stradakat 2026-03-10

Dr. Hill is so insightful. Really enjoyed her enlightened and knowledgeable perspective. Did not enjoy her being interrupted, this is not a White House or Congress press gaggle. Also a production tip, set up a third camera to get the wide shot with both participants in the frame and cut to that periodically. Otherwise might as well have been done on Zoom. Put us in the room with you two.

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@mrh8279 2026-03-11

Always great to hear from Fiona Hill

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@donnamaitlandw7460 2026-03-10

The Editor of the Financial Times described what is going on in Trumps mind as “Brownian Motion” !! The best description yet!

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