Why Trump befriended Putin | The life and philosophy of Fiona Hill

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6 ай бұрын

Isabel Hilton interviews Fiona Hill about her career as president advisor.
What drew Trump to Putin - and what's at stake in the aftermath of that friendship?
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Serving under three US presidents, Fiona Hill is one of the most highly distinguished foreign affairs specialists in the world. Born and raised in a Durham coal mining town, her father said 'there is nothing for you here'. But from there to the White House and becoming one of the key figures behind the West's strategy towards Putin, hers is a remarkable journey. Interviewer Isabel Hilton uncovers Fiona Hill's fascinating insights.
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Fiona Hill is one of the most highly distinguished foreign affairs specialists and authors in the world today. Senior advisor to Presidents George W Bush, Barack Obama and briefly Donald Trump, she is a former official at the U.S. National Security Council specializing in Russian and European affairs.
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@TheInstituteOfArtAndIdeas 6 ай бұрын

Do you agree with Fiona Hill? Do you think we live in an era of populist leaders? Leave your thoughts in the comments. Watch the full talk: iai.tv/video/the-life-and-philosophy-of-fiona-hill?KZfaq&

@bricktop7352 6 ай бұрын

More Trump fearmongering when Neoliberal dems are owned by the military industrial complex. Dems support war and HATE free speech. The left is no longer the side of justice and freedom. It's the party of rich elites who manipulate their followers with propaganda and hate.

@yttean98 6 ай бұрын

no, if she has a magic wand, she would make Putin disappear. What Putin is doing is to protect the interests of his people.

@TemplarInquisitor 6 ай бұрын

Some mighty fine TDS on display.

@bkh5746 5 ай бұрын

I think fiona hill,vladimie putin and netanyahoo are all related.they have the long nose and their mouths are real close to their chins.wouldnt doubt it if they are cousins.

@dsantamaria713 2 ай бұрын

Totally believed Fiona ..♥️

@markdschedler 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Ms Hill is an example of You Tube meeting its potential for informing the electorate and improving average people’s understanding of each other and their histories.

@sunnymitra6372 2 ай бұрын

She's a Total Liar and working for the Deep State

@rolandhawken6628 2 ай бұрын

What you have understood in fact is her opinion on the political situation , and that is all . No one in reality knows Putin that is what makes him dangerous an unknown quantity . if you watch most of the film work on Trump what she has failed to notice is he is a man of many parts, one being he will talk to anyone on their level this is the salesman in him he knows you catch more flies with sugar than vinegar , she does not grasp this mentality being an educated stupid academic thinking they are experts

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

Do you think Biden will get a "Putin Bump" after his glowing endorsement???

@ericvantassell6809 2 ай бұрын

an example of the dangers of fantasies resulting from bran muffin abuse

@trumpsuckspigbalz2351 2 ай бұрын

@@ericvantassell6809 NOTHING of substance to say, so you spew some adolescent nonsense. Brilliant 🤣

@robinfowler9477 2 ай бұрын

Dr Hill is a great asset, we are fortunate to have her

@gretchenrobinson825 2 ай бұрын

Trump is a great 'asset' to Putin. Alas.

@TheRisingFury Ай бұрын

She's a leftist shill and a shrew

@existential.psychopath8053 14 күн бұрын

Liar. Putin is marxist, like you are. Democrats, leftliberal are marxist. Putin it's KGB agent-marxist. Putin and globalist are friends

@diogenes34 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill is very well spoken her thoughts are very informative. The fact that Trump did not like her is a testament of her great intelligence and integrity.

@worfoz 2 ай бұрын

The fact that Americans seem to be too obsessed with personalities while they stopped caring about ideas frightens me.

@susanford2388 2 ай бұрын

Yes, he couldn't control her or match her intellect.

@joquartobeans398 2 ай бұрын

Fiona was an exemplary government servant, a major asset. It was a terrible disservice, a terrible loss to our government for her to be fired by that ignorant, illiterate clown.

@susanford2388 2 ай бұрын

@@joquartobeans398 Both Col. Alexander Vindmann & Ms. Fiona Hill are naturalized citizens & are far more patriotic than Trump

@albertfinney1328 Ай бұрын

Hardly a reason for Trump to dislike ANYONE. He is very OBJECTIVE, not subjective. TRUMP KNOWS STUFF. So uninformed and willfully blind she doesn't even realize this "Putin" has NOT come out of KBG. No chance it is same man, any more that "Biden" is Biden. Goodness sakes. So very flawed and quite surely well paid. If I'm right she'll soon be asking herself, "Was it worth it."

@Tina-qp7py 2 ай бұрын

She's impressive. I wish she would comment more often as a guest on news shows on MSNBC or CNN.

@duelenigma7732 Ай бұрын

They don't want to reportv reality . They want money and will work with that being the goal.

@privacylock855 Ай бұрын

They push a different narrative.

@constant4534 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill makes the most sense regarding all of this. The best 'Voice of Reason'.

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

Lol..Its obviously a man..

@fredsimmons2793 2 ай бұрын

Between Trump saying Putin said something nice about me and Bush saying he saw the love of Jesus in Putins eyes, I've slept with my back to the wall and one eye opened ever since.WE need to see so much more of Fiona.Her counsel is priceless.

@Dadabides8708 Ай бұрын

Correct - see Julia Ioffe "Putin and the presidents"

@lakemoonlight4697 Ай бұрын

This is not the original Putin. Putin is a strong ally! Trump knows (a great video of Bush Sr's funeral), that both Bushes tried for treason, Senior executed with wrinkled flag on coffin. Trump speaks in code. We are in a global war!

@lakemoonlight4697 Ай бұрын

@@Dadabides8708This is not the original Putin. Side by side prove this.

@williestyle35 3 күн бұрын

I do understand what you are saying. That first meeting between George W Bush and Vladimir Vladimirovič Putin is something that also "put me on alert", because the Republicans had traditionally been such "hawks" about Russia (and the Soviet Union before). The obvious interference of public opinion and social media advertising by Russia leading up to Trump's election showed me that Putin would no longer be restrained or restricted in anything or in any way. I knew as soon as there was satellite "proof" that Putin was moving military forces close to Ukraine that he was going to invade. Now I do worry about the upcoming election, because I can see the bots and disinformation campaigns ramping up. It is going to be rough times ahead, man. We have to find ways to get voters better informed and out to vote. We have to get "foreign influence"(s), and the corruption of money out of our politics. We have to stop letting ourselves be divided against each other, if we want any kind of "better future". It is not going to be easy, but we should not let these various "workers of inequality" (from Tony Bourdain) bring us down. The way to get ahead for a better tomorrow is to remember that our "democratic system" relies on us to be involved and do the work. And we do have the opportunity to educate ourselves for the work we should do to help our country remain strong and independent from these destructive influences (I see you, Iran and China too) by listening to ; people like Fiona Hill, Stephen Kotkin, Anne Applebaum, some of the Universities that offer lectures and "courses", and other information or historical programs, most of it all available right here on YT. (sorry about the lengthy response. "That was my TedTalk, thanks for coming" lol)

@evillemike2009 2 ай бұрын

I have a hardcore schoolboy crush on Fiona Hill. There's nothing better than listening to somebody who knows things.

@rolandhawken6628 2 ай бұрын

Well she does not know that Trump warned Germany and Europe in no uncertain terms what Russia was doing with all the wealth they were acquiring by selling cheap oil and gas to Europe , he spelled it in very plain terms " Saying Russia is rearming with it's new wealth , because he is a politician when he talks negatively about Russia he will say Russia anything positive about Russia he says Putin . It is called tact

@SpectrumOfChange 2 ай бұрын

Agreed! Expertise is such a good look.

@Arkybark 2 ай бұрын

@@rolandhawken6628 That comment does not make any sense, politically or grammatically. The last sentence is completely incoherent, If you have any evidence to support Trump making any statement like that , please produce it. Trump does not know what he is talking about 99% of the time, and at the time this was a topic, he was spending all his time on the golf course and not dabbling in politics - unless he has been a Putin puppet longer than we know.

@oxcart4172 2 ай бұрын

You're a sapiosexual, then.

@ragauerk9310 2 ай бұрын

@rolandhawken6628 That take as related to trump is goofy. What are your credentials compared to her, your depth of involvement and firsthand knowledge? Or is this just Fox disinformation repetition?

@maryhjort7318 2 ай бұрын

I really appreciate being given an opportunity to hear from Fiona Hill on just about anything but when its about Putin and tRUMP … its pure gold. I’m an American citizen living in Europe, so it is very interesting to hear her take on the future of Europe and the world order itself. Thank you!

@irenakalnins7138 2 ай бұрын

I am Lithuanian American, 100 %agree with you

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

Why is Putin endorsing Biden??? And why does he only invade Ukraine when Obammy and Biden where Presidents???

@kevtop351 2 ай бұрын

@@irenakalnins7138 What about her take on the future of America?

@Wendie-ev4qg Ай бұрын

Agree with you Mary. Fiona Hill is so intelligent, articulate, and frank, yet diplomatic.

@gunnjorunjungeengelsen6612 Ай бұрын

…I am an European 🇳🇴 living in Europe - even I/we think this is very interesting. Fiona Hill is the best 🥇and she really knows what she is talking about. She makes it easy for us to understand in a simple way of explanation.

@71suns 2 ай бұрын

Love this woman...Thank you Fiona Hill.

@darkonone5158 2 ай бұрын

for what?

@chrislane8466 2 ай бұрын

@@darkonone5158 Reasoned and informative perspectives on Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

Aaaaaa...I think thats a man..

@kaymuldoon3575 2 ай бұрын

@@douglasreagan4979 unlike yourself…right, doug?

@darkonone5158 2 ай бұрын

@@chrislane8466 you forgot clown emoji

@rafaildevent1405 2 ай бұрын

It’s brilliant! We tend to overcomplicate things when we are talking about top level politicians. But they are still people with all their weaknesses and psychological traumas that may have huge impact on their motives and actions on a global scale

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

Her and Vindman were mad at Trump because he didnt care about hearing or taking advise from their "Ukrainian working Group" Boo hoo!!

@kathleenroberts6931 Ай бұрын

The APA has ordered Mental health professionals silence, after 📙 Duty to Warn! Malignant Narcissism, which all dictators share, Paranoia, Anti-Social Personality Disorder, Sadism, & a lifetime of ⚕ addiction. A few Psychiatrists have quit their jobs to warn Society when there's a risk to Society. His "energy" is mania. Has no capacity for Empathy,

@reason43poole37 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill, a world treasure.

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

Trump was right to ignore her and Vindman, they really dont help anything spewing their psychobabble.

@Wendie-ev4qg Ай бұрын

yes agree with you Reason43poole. Fiona Hill is bright, articulate, and honest.

@richardsimms251 2 ай бұрын

Excellent guest ( Professor Hill ). RS Canada

@jgarbo3541 2 ай бұрын

Hopelessly out of date, still chasing Soviet phantoms.

@grahamstrouse1165 2 ай бұрын

@@jgarbo3541Goodnight forever, Vanya.

@SteveGillham 2 ай бұрын

@@jgarbo3541 strange how 12 Russians WERE indicted over their 2016 election interference, plus many of Trump Team ended up in jail.

@frankcoverjr.-jz3ne 2 ай бұрын

Fell in love with Fiona during the first impeachment of tfg. She’s next level political intelligence, with an accent!😇💙

@stelladonaconfredobutler9459 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill is a great speaker🤟🏼

@rolandhawken6628 2 ай бұрын

yes good speaker that talks nonsense lol

@Mandeepsays 2 ай бұрын

And don't you love her accent? 😊

@rolandhawken6628 2 ай бұрын

@@Mandeepsays If you like Northern English drawl ,personally I find it annoying

@PowhiroMus 2 ай бұрын

It is always good to hear Fiona's insights. She has the talents, experience and genius to distill complex issues sown to a few simple words of clarity. A great advisor!

@dabrack9350 2 ай бұрын

Of course, I was not in the room but what I saw from public video and analysis was Trump treated Putin as he would a union boss. He did not antagonize Putin and was complimentary, then went home and slapped sanctions on Russia. The result was what Trump wanted - no more action in Ukraine. He used similar techniques with Xi and Kim where he was also successful. I am sick of our politics now which has been reduced to selecting the most likable and popular to be Home Coming Queen.

@westerling8436 2 ай бұрын

Nice pair of legs too

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

Why is Putin endorsing Biden???

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

Why is Putin endorsing Biden???

@ragauerk9310 2 ай бұрын

@@westerling8436 She doesn't care about your opinion.

@user-rm8yn2tr7e 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Fiona

@westerling8436 2 ай бұрын

She doesn't care about your opinion

@Mandeepsays 2 ай бұрын

@JJNow-gg9so 2 ай бұрын

I totally agree with Miss Hill😢😢😢. I thanked her for her service to the United States of America. 🇺🇸👍

@Donneczka1 2 ай бұрын

I wish Fiona Hill could be interviewed on the major, sane US news networks every day. She is so well informed and just tells it straight!

@vladimirtkalcic7410 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill - You are stronger than the emperor Putin.

@sunnymitra6372 2 ай бұрын

Your absolutely Delusional

@jgarbo3541 2 ай бұрын

As Stalin would say, "How many divisions does she have?"

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

Putin has just given Biden his full endorsement for reelection!

@murphyrod4839 2 ай бұрын

It’s the Trump Clown Show

@Mandeepsays 2 ай бұрын

Lots pf Ruskies here!

@Sandi-ke9mi 2 ай бұрын

It really tells a lot about a person when you know who their heroes are. Especially when their heroes are dictators.

@blackmancer Ай бұрын

And what would you know about anything?

@alanmcneill2407 Ай бұрын

Her intelligence is so refreshing, we need to listen to her opinions and assessments. I was so impressed with her testimony on the investigations. It was clear, she was the smartest person in the room. Absolutely love her!!!

@medicuswashington9870 6 ай бұрын

This is an example of things to come. Madness made real continues.

@rolandhawken6628 2 ай бұрын

it has always been this way ,it is nothing new

@Nurjamila1 2 ай бұрын

Not if we vote the gqp out like we did in 2020 & 2022.

@user-lb6hp6se4g 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill is incredible intelligent. Greta to hear what she expresses. Thank you

@stephenjingst225 2 ай бұрын

Thank You Fiona 🙏💪🇺🇸

@johnwright9372 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill is a rare scholar who has been near the cockpit of power, unlike most academics who never see outside their cloistered environment.

@kensteffes6712 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill is a great American patriot and believes in the rule of law.

@jasminejones7389 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill is a Brit.

@dormandy1 2 ай бұрын

A Geordie ! @@jasminejones7389

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

@@jasminejones7389 Libs are pretty dense.

@pandora881 2 ай бұрын

@@jasminejones7389 she was born in UK, but she is a US Citizen, hence, her position as a presidential advisor and on the National Security Council; you can’t hold those positions without US citizenship.

@jasminejones7389 2 ай бұрын

no argument here. I'm a Canadian citizen, and I've lived in Canada for 50 years. I was born and grew up in London: I'm a Brit who's very thankful to be a Canadian citizen. My homeland is broken. I mean no offence to anybody by referring to Fiona Hill as a Brit. No doubt she's as sorry as I am about her broken homeland. @@pandora881

@donwyates 2 ай бұрын

Anyone that can be considered a thorn in tfg's side, must be doing something right. Ms. Hill is a tremendous asset to the US.

@Vejur9000 2 ай бұрын

I love Fiona. She is brilliant, and right on target.

@MrUniman609 2 ай бұрын

I'm bowled over by Fiona Hill, she's so interesting, intelligent, attractive and stylish.

@michaelellis6847 2 ай бұрын

I read professor hills book. The us needs intelligent people like her in leadership roles. The american people have been dumb downed since reagan, talk radio, fox news etc. I cant imagine tho, a woman of her intergrity working under john bolton.....thatsxa head scratcher indeed. From a scouser.

@essence178 Ай бұрын

This is the reason Hillary did nor win..but Hillary is as smart as Ms Hill...we had the chance to have an intelligent, strong, first woman president and we blew it...we chose an ignorant narcissist lier...once again humans fail the test...2000 years ago we chose Barabas over Jesus...and on and on we go 😢😢

@diannegooding8733 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Thanks.

@christopherharmon2433 2 ай бұрын

Remember one thing about Putin, once KGB, always KGB, you never lose the mindset of a goon. Not sure Trump realizes or understands this.

@danielschaeffer1294 2 ай бұрын

He doesn’t. He needs Putin’s flattery.

@davidmccall4776 2 ай бұрын

Trump is so full of himself that he can't see that he's being played by Putin. 🤯

@Northcountry1926 2 ай бұрын

Trump does not care 😮

@sherrygadberryturner9527 2 ай бұрын

That’s why Trump likes him!

@hewitc 2 ай бұрын

Trump has the mindset of a thug. Roy Cohn, a mob lawyer, was his mentor.

@janpersson9227 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill said that Trump does not speek russian (true), but failed to mention that Putin masters the english language! That was a must for KGB agents.

@NancyChasteen 2 ай бұрын

Also that Melania Trump is fluent

@davidwright1011 2 ай бұрын

Actually she mentioned that one of the great worries is that the relevant Russian agents speak English and have had direct communication with Trump without any standard diplomatic/DOS protocol/ov ersight - though she also pointed out that when Trump spoke with Trump there was normally a proper interpreter and someone creating a record of the conviersation. (Though remember Helsinki, when Trump refused to let the interpreter keep her notes and immediately afterward said he truted Putin over US intellligence services...)

@robertclark972 2 ай бұрын

When tRump spoke with tRump, the need for interpretation was greatly diminished.

@SamOgilvieJr 2 ай бұрын

There is more! Putin and his buddies, the oligarchs, are vital, and have been vital, to the survival of Trump's poorly performing real estate assets, his empire, in effect.

@ikrotzky 2 ай бұрын

The Trump “empire” had otherwise flatlined long ago.

@petererb9463 2 ай бұрын

Aye. . . much more.

@lolodee3528 2 ай бұрын

Pootin’s walking wallets….

@darkmoneyinwi 2 ай бұрын

💯 % true!!

@robertclark972 2 ай бұрын

Do tell us more .

@davidtrindle6473 2 ай бұрын

Eric says they owe hundreds of millions in unpaid loans.

@grahamstrouse1165 2 ай бұрын

Well. Trump is on the hook for 453.5 million dollars now. Plus the 83.3 million dollars he owes E. Jean Carroll. And the original 5 million dollars from the first lawsuit. Trump’s sons only owe something like 5 million dollars each-They got off light.

@ragauerk9310 2 ай бұрын

Left field.

@laurabutler9978 2 ай бұрын

Ms Hill is always a great interview.

@paules3437 2 ай бұрын

Read her autobio/memoir "There's nothing for you here." She is the smartest woman on the planet. Plus, you have to admire her struggles, including overcoming the irrational judgementalism about her accent. Admirable.

@deviritter5232 2 ай бұрын

Putin also bailed him out financially. Trump owes him hundreds of millions of dollars.

@lsusan 2 ай бұрын

Is this true? Would like more details please.

@lizroberts1569 2 ай бұрын

We know MBS gave money and billions to Ivankas husband

@jj4791 2 ай бұрын

Trump has deals with Putins classmates who are now Russias Billionaire Oligarchs.

@ceciliaFX 2 ай бұрын

@@lsusan Donnie has laundered Russian money from Duche Bank.

@Nurjamila1 2 ай бұрын

Will pootin load donald over 350 million? If he does, how can trump ever be president?

@shirleydietsch1279 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Mrs. Hill. I very much appreciate all you have done for the US. We can never repay you for your intelligence and understanding the situation you were in couldn’t have been fun.

@johnpop5066 2 ай бұрын

We cannot thank you and Mr. Vindman as well as other foreign born Americans who know and understand our country more than the chump cult insurrectionists Republicans do! Also for standing up for it! Bless Fiona Hill!!

@surlypiratewench1969 2 ай бұрын

Give yourselves a gift and read her book. She’s an amazing writer.

@kapa4163 2 ай бұрын

Which book?

@stevemcelmury4618 2 ай бұрын

Fiona is lookin' very fashionable, alluring in a boy, she's SMART! kinda way, brilliant & dedicated as ever, and an ambassador to the world. We're blessed to have her. Biden might consider bringin' her into the White House as NSA. Yer the BOMB, Doctor Fi! 😀

@jimcase6950 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill is the best!

@user-vy5nd2fe9o 2 ай бұрын

Great interview!! 👍👍

@joquartobeans398 2 ай бұрын

“A fight for the future of Europe.” SPOT ON!

@dwanderful1 2 ай бұрын

Well done

@stelladonaconfredobutler9459 Ай бұрын

Fiona Hill is brilliant, thank you for a great discussion

@edwardmanley6312 2 ай бұрын

Such an impressive lady. 👏🏻

@klaytonpeterson 2 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation...😊

@detectiveofmoneypolitics 2 ай бұрын

Economic investigator Frank G Melbourne Australia is following this informative content cheers Frank 😊

@jessiejoseph1093 2 ай бұрын

Finland gets on board.

@westerling8436 2 ай бұрын

NATO honestly doesn't want Finland to join

@VictoriaAlfredSmythe 2 ай бұрын

@gigmcsweeney8566 2 ай бұрын

Perhaps it's a blessing in disguise that we lost this brilliant woman to the US. I just hope they recognise what a gem she is and utilise her expertise for the good of us all.

@johnadams7402 2 ай бұрын

Someone who should be listened to much more. She was in the middle of it.

@Northcountry1926 2 ай бұрын

Adore Fiona 🫡

@terrygalvin9653 2 ай бұрын

I can’t believe the number of comments here about Ms Hill’s appearance.

@Nurjamila1 2 ай бұрын

sexist bigots always do that.

@Tina-qp7py 2 ай бұрын

She would be a great Secretary of State.

@joquartobeans398 2 ай бұрын

Agree, Fiona’s excellent skills are needed in our government.

@philipb2134 2 ай бұрын

I love Hill's Northumbrian accent. I find it soothing

@marjorieorveau6707 2 ай бұрын

She's from County Durham, Bishop Auckland to be exact.

@PeaceFan1 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill is Brilliant and a TRUE PATRIOT!!!!

@stevebeutelspacher1157 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Fiona Hill for you interesting insight into the Trump Putin relationship and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Also, I don’t think most Americans realize that there was and perhaps still is a European backlash against the US in the post-Trump era. Can’t really blame Europe for that. I hope America can eventually put things back the way they were with our European partners and perhaps even make things better.

@loriwoloshyn7266 2 ай бұрын

Trump may not speak Russian but I'm pretty sure Putin speaks English.

@petererb9463 2 ай бұрын

Wow. Thanks. Info.

@crazypaulinquebec Ай бұрын

Fiona Hill has the tiger by the tail! She's my go-to person for any such analysis.

@mediapartners9950 2 ай бұрын

Fiona Hill is fascinating. An insightful and well articulated commentary on geopolitics and current events. Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@jim2376 2 ай бұрын

Putin was the impetus for Finland and Sweden joining NATO. NATO to Putin: "Thanks, Vlade!"

@erinbrooks4149 Ай бұрын

I am happy I found this video. Fiona Hill is really insightful about how the world order is in our present time. I learned a lot. Thank you!

@marcusonesimus3400 2 ай бұрын

I agree with Fiona Hill that the rush to NATO membership among East European states, although it has taken place in more than one stage, is motivated by the need for security against what was once a potential and is now a very real threat of resurgent Russian imperialism. The history of Russian incursions into Eastern and even Central Europe is long and painful. I think it's quite silly to portray American imperialism as the prime reason for NATO expansion, notwithstanding a certain arrogance in American posturing post-1991. I agree basically with the Ustrialov's' theory, now 100 years old, that the Soviet regime, despite its distinctive ideological and administrative characteristics, was simply another manifestation of the Russian Imperial State. In fact it retained quite a strong orientation toward the West, a legacy of Tsar Peter The Great, right up to its demise in 1991, despite attempts to sow regime change worldwide. But all the Western rwgimes used to do more or less the same thing. What is different, bizarre, and n my view profoundly wrong in Putin's geopolitical strategy is his 'unlimited partnership' with Xi Jinping's China. Because China is far the stronger nation both economically and demographically, I think Putin has reasoned his way into a trap from which he will not be able to escape. .The vanity of old kings whose authority has gone unchallenged, who would not listen to good counsel, is proverbial. neither Putin nor Trump are exceptions to this rule. t is instructive to read the Old Testament accounts in Kings and Chronicles. (Psalm 49:20) 'Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, is like the beasts that perish.'

@joquartobeans398 2 ай бұрын

Perfect psalm quote.

@ragauerk9310 2 ай бұрын

Stalin wasn't a communist so much as he was a wannabe czar. He got rid of who he was comrades with it was because their doctrinal beliefs got in the way of his desires. He murdered the people of Ukraine because they weren't convenient either.

@andyb6866 2 ай бұрын

Please overlook my previous comment. It's late Saturday night 😉. Seriously, Fiona Hill encapsulstes in minutes what would take me an hour to describe Russia under Putin today.

@drdanj 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Dr Hill. Trying to use Hilter's playbook (although stumbling over it because he underestimated Ukraine), Putin started WW III by invading Ukraine (actually in 2014 when it invaded Crimea). The US with its dithering, hand-wringing on one side (and a lot of that in Europe too), and overt support on the other side, is allowing Putin to do it. The roughly 80 years of peace in most of Europe (the first time in centuries) with the various efforts to unify (e.g., the EU and NATO) has ended, largely through complacency. Putin saw it and walked right in. Recall Dugin's infamous quip that Russia has the right even the "obligation" to control all of Europe "from Dublin to Vladivostok" to rid all of Eurasia from "Western secular decadence." Putin has started WW III. Where will we stop it?

@LordOfLight 2 ай бұрын

My recollection is that Trump refused to let any American, including his interpreter, into the 2nd (?) meeting with Putin. That Trump doesn't speak Russian would hardly bother Trump - Putin speaks English.

@snowmonster42 2 ай бұрын

No, he really doesn't.

@LordOfLight 2 ай бұрын

@@snowmonster42 Yes, he really does.

@snowmonster42 2 ай бұрын

@@LordOfLight He has some English, but is not fluent. I gather that his German is much better.

@Nurjamila1 2 ай бұрын

@@snowmonster42 pootin was kgb, they all speak English. What US president has ever had a meeting with Russians without record? Traitorous ones, that's who.

@DeadCat-42 2 ай бұрын

To be fair, Trump may soon need to ask Putin if he can sleep on his couch.

@viking722nj 2 ай бұрын

Trump's final destination, he thinks...

@fubokuen 2 ай бұрын

To be fair, an illegal wants to sleep on your couch.

@Nurjamila1 2 ай бұрын

@@fubokuen would rather have an illegal on my couch than a Qnut US traitor.

@ludviglidstrom6924 2 ай бұрын

The PMC force is strong in this one!

@Brandywine9999 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Fiona Hill...

@clarecampbell4481 2 ай бұрын

I learn so much from this lady!! 🤩

@daniel51020 2 ай бұрын

Sadly, Putin and Trump have some big similarities... Think about it... As they say, "Birds of a feather flock together"... How can any sane and self-aware person want to vote for Trump?

@roberttelford745 2 ай бұрын

By looking at Joe Biden

@Stassis 2 ай бұрын

Joe Biden.

@leannevandekew1996 2 ай бұрын

For Saint Valentine's Day, Putin is so grateful that he sent Trump a jar of hummus: it's made of Russian chick pea.

@johnmckay5621 2 ай бұрын

Trump thinks Hummus is a terrorist group from "Tsina" 😩

@glenncbjones 2 ай бұрын

A most subtle and hilarious comment, Ms. Vandekew! I wouldn’t suggest that you are “throwing your pearls before swine,” but probably many, if not most, will fail to fathom your luscious and so wonderfully humorous intent (and more’s the pity!), but I DID, and I assure you that I actually “wuv yewe wike wine an’ woses, oh my mos’ deaw’st witty Weanne, an’ I don’ so much as kew or ken as to who knowses or knots, “weddum wead it and weap”… - Namaste, beloved sister! “Glenn Clothes” PS: “Slava Ukraini, Slava Heroyam!”… and may Putin “scuba” to join his sunken Black Sea Fleet in a 19th Century “diving bell,” as antique and cumbersome as his fossilized dreams of empire! - XOXOXO!

@viking722nj 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant!! That chick pea can be soooo hard to resist...

@douglasreagan4979 2 ай бұрын

Meanwhile: Biden is eating Ice cream and starring at kids on the playground.

@generationofswine-ge5rw Ай бұрын

Americans, especially on the right, have always misinterpreted and misrepresented the whole debacle regarding Trump and the prostitutes he hired at a certain hotel. Trump didn't indulge in "golden showers" and kompromat about sex and hookers wouldn't hurt Trump even if that rumor was true. He paid those girls to pee on the bed that Obama had slept in, in the presidential suite, to which Trump wasn't officially invited. That's how much he hates Obama and how petty and childish the man is. He wanted to ruin something he imagined Obama felt pride about, and yes, it is mainly due to Obama being black.

@joebott3728 3 күн бұрын

Yes..I agree totally with Fiona.. she is absolutely brilliant.

@stanleygohome4869 2 ай бұрын

thank you

@jimcraiggeezer 5 ай бұрын

Fascinating interview with a very intelligent lady.. she's been in the room as they say with world leaders.. thanks.

@johnmckay5621 2 ай бұрын

I bet she has... 😉

@ahartify 6 ай бұрын

The moderators in these Institutes of Ideas debates are always proclaiming they have 'limited time' so I rarely watch their videos now. Like so many comoetitive reality TV shows on the BBC, they seem more intetested in staging a macho slinging match than in the issues under examination.

@ignatzmuskrat3000 2 ай бұрын

It would be helpful for the viewer, who is watching this in the future, in order to get a bearing on the times, and all that transpired since, to know the date of this conversation. Thank you.

@ignatzmuskrat3000 2 ай бұрын

@@Nurjamila1 I read the info. Thx. Knowing the date helps its context.

@danm9006 2 ай бұрын

The only comment I disagree with was the comment Ms. Hill made about Putin not electing Trump as president. That comment ignores the efforts of Russia to influence the elections in the US through propaganda. Otherwise, the video was very interesting and thoughtful.

@MMorMM 2 ай бұрын

Documents for Rubles.

@hendrikbarboritsch7003 2 ай бұрын

Well according to Trump, he would support Poland and the Baltic nations, because they do spend more than 2% of their GDP on the military.

@mikedelay8373 2 ай бұрын

Don't kid yourself

@hendrikbarboritsch7003 2 ай бұрын

Whatever, I think it is very clever of Trump to play hardball now, it is the best way of getting those % up. Best case scenario neither he nor the Big Guy will be candidates.@@mikedelay8373

@lowercasehill5351 2 ай бұрын

after the international courts take Poot down, here's trump: "I never met him. Never saw him. He might have been at a conference, I don't know. We never spoke. No idea."

@lilybryan9437 2 ай бұрын

That's all it takes," He heard Putin said good things about him." Did he get a lollipop too?

@dsantamaria713 2 ай бұрын

Funny how everyone on Earth, is talking about our Psycho trump, and not in a positive way...

@mikekenney1947 2 ай бұрын

Start with the recognition that Trump has been broke since the mid 80’s. He’s been operating on OPM since that time when he found he was not fungible to conventional banks. Private placement moved in with its own version of double entry accounting. At this point, we have no idea of what web of unrecorded debt, subordinated limited partner equities, and cross collateralization is now operative. It would be fair to suggest that those OPM sources have no intention of surrendering those funds to Trump’s legal judgements. Busted

@markdavison3388 19 күн бұрын

So proud of my cousin.

@user-ph5cp9zz2i Ай бұрын

I also thought COVID and Putin's severe isolation dramatically changed Putin's thinking. Since I was in Ukraine at the time, I saw more of the change. Interesting that you brought that up.

@NomenFugazi 6 ай бұрын

It’s the golden shower tape 😂

@ilonabaier6042 6 ай бұрын

How dare you tell the truth about trumpie....

@nikosantikythera2422 6 ай бұрын

For example?

@duggiefresh8170 2 ай бұрын

@nikosantikythera2422 watch the video again.

@mah4769able 2 ай бұрын

@@nikosantikythera2422 Bless your heart!!!

@sunnymitra6372 2 ай бұрын

@@duggiefresh8170 There's nothing in the Video except for the script prepared by CNN

@Nurjamila1 2 ай бұрын

@@sunnymitra6372 you're in a cult.

@16252 Ай бұрын

interesting, thanks

@larrymorton5332 2 ай бұрын

the "P" tape exists!

@jamesclayton3388 2 ай бұрын

No we don't blame NATO expectations. If you meet the requirements then you have a right to join. Appeasing Putin is a path to conflict.

@glenncbjones 2 ай бұрын

I am just totally in love with Fiona Hill, quite absolutely and completely and quite unreservably smitten! But then why shouldn’t I be? I still believe “Anita Hill!” With my so very real and so ruggedly and relatedly reliable devotion and (not unrelatedly!) fully effulgent affection… - Fiona’s funny “fan boy,” Glenn Jones