#335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump
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Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2022
⏱️ 205 minutes
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:24) – Education and career
(17:10) – Donbas in the 20th century
(25:28) – Soviet Union
(36:03) – Donald Trump’s foreign policy
(48:03) – Testifying against Donald Trump
(54:54) – US administrations
(1:16:28) – Impeachment of Donald Trump
(1:36:44) – Why people like Donald Trump
(1:45:49) – Vladimir Putin
(2:05:58) – Invasion of Ukraine
(2:21:03) – NATO implication in Ukraine war
(2:33:54) – Interviewing Vladimir Putin
(2:46:22) – 2024 elections
(2:49:30) – Alexei Navalny
(2:54:03) – Nuclear war
(3:05:54) – How Ukraine war will end
(3:12:40) – Hope for the future
(3:15:48) – Advice for young people
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Fiona Hill, a presidential adviser and foreign policy |
| 0:04.8 | expert specializing in Russia. |
| 0:07.3 | She has served the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, including being a top advisor on Russia |
| 0:13.5 | to Donald Trump. |
| 0:15.3 | She has made it to the White House from humble beginnings in the North of England. |
| 0:19.5 | A story she tells in her book, there's nothing for you here. |
| 0:25.6 | And now a quick use that can mention of each sponsor. |
| 0:28.1 | Click them out in the description is the best way to support this podcast. |
| 0:31.9 | We got Ms. and a Maine for style, calm for meditation, let it greens for multivitamins and happiness, |
| 0:40.2 | and element for electrolytes and also happiness. |
| 0:43.8 | Choose wise and my friends. |
| 0:45.2 | And now onto the full ad reads, as always, no ads in the middle. |
| 0:48.5 | I try to make these interesting, but if you skip them, please still check out our sponsors. |
| 0:54.0 | I enjoy their stuff. |
| 0:56.2 | They bring me happiness and maybe they will bring happiness to you as well. |
| 1:02.6 | This show is brought to you by Ms and a Maine. |
| 1:05.9 | I'm wearing a Ms and a Maine shirt right now. |
| 1:08.5 | They made comfortable stylish. |
| 1:10.0 | I'm not sure why there was an increase in intonation. |
| 1:14.6 | Maybe I've been spending a little too much time in San Francisco recently. |
| 1:18.4 | Just kidding friends. |
| 1:20.0 | Just kidding. |
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