{"id":324434,"date":"2026-03-09T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-going-on-in-the-minds-of-donald-trump-and-vladimir-putin-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:00:18","slug":"whats-going-on-in-the-minds-of-donald-trump-and-vladimir-putin-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/whats-going-on-in-the-minds-of-donald-trump-and-vladimir-putin-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s going on in the minds of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin? | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/QInWfOUOK3k\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What's going on in the minds of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin? | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QInWfOUOK3k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Fiona Hill is one of the foremost authorities on Vladimir Putin and a former White House advisor on Russia during Donald Trump\u2019s first term. <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Russia&#8217;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. <\/p>\n<p>We ask Fiona Hill what she thinks will be going through the minds of the two leaders. <\/p>\n<p>We ask whether she thinks both men understand each other and whether there is any hope of a negotiated peace. <\/p>\n<p>New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you\u2019re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. <\/p>\n<p>LINK: https:\/\/app.magellan.ai\/listen_links\/the-global-story-ytl <\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #russia #trump #putin <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n00:45 Who is Fiona Hill?<br \/>\n01:45 Meeting Putin for the first time<br \/>\n04:00 Russia&#8217;s &#8216;watershed&#8217; moment<br \/>\n09:00 Why did Fiona Hill become Trump&#8217;s advisor?<br \/>\n11:00 &#8216;You can&#8217;t prep Trump&#8217;<br \/>\n17:00 Is a negotiated peace possible in Ukraine?<br \/>\n21:00 &#8216;Trump doesn&#8217;t understand Putin&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiona Hill is one of the foremost authorities on Vladimir Putin and a former White House advisor on Russia during Donald Trump\u2019s first term. 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