Hill is a renowned expert on Russian affairs who gained particular fame for her blunt rebuttal in 2019 testimony before Congress of the Trump camp claims that it was Ukraine, rather than Russia that had meddled in the 2016 US elections in favor of the Democrats and confirmed that Trump had tried to extort Ukraine for personal political advantage.

Excerpt; Fiona Hill on Putin’s long game, Trump’s transactional foreign policy, and the danger of mistaking size and bluster for real power.

The David Frum Show [PODCAST]

David is joined by Fiona Hill, a former adviser to three U.S. presidents and a key witness in Trump’s first impeachment, to analyze how Vladimir Putin sees the world and why Trump remains so drawn to strongman power. Frum and Hill discuss Putin’s long game in Ukraine, Trump’s archaic and backward worldview, and how Trump’s presidency has been a gift to Putin while steadily eroding American credibility abroad.