{"id":323830,"date":"2026-03-06T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-to-open-a-tv-interview-with-a-dictator\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:00:24","slug":"how-to-open-a-tv-interview-with-a-dictator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-to-open-a-tv-interview-with-a-dictator\/","title":{"rendered":"How to open a TV interview with a dictator&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RvbqQ9KBVgk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How to open a TV interview with a dictator...\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RvbqQ9KBVgk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Trevor McDonald tells new ITV News show Reporting History what was behind his first question to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, in his British exclusive interview in 1990, weeks after his invasion of Kuwait, which sparked the Gulf War. 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