Monday, August 25, 2025

Trump about Kim: I like him, he’s a funny guy, very smart

Greta Van Susteren interviews Donald Trump at the Singapore Summit. (VOA)

President Donald Trump spoke with VOA contributor Greta Van Susteren after his summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore about what the two discussed and what to expect next.

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Paul Stronski: Georgia has carved out as much independence as possible against very large and aggressive neighbor

Paul Stronski is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, where his research focuses on the relationship between Russia and neighboring countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.

Voice of America’s Ani Chkhikvadze sat down with Paul Stronski, Carnegie Endowment fellow in Washington DC to discuss Georgia’s domestic and foreign affairs.

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Trump's NSC advisor: We have to find ways to deal with new threat that Russia has perfected

H.R. McMaster at the US Army Basic Training. 2009 (US Army photo.)

VoA contributor Greta Van Susteren interviewed H.R. McMaster, 26th National Security Advisor, serving under President Donald Trump, at the White House. This is a transcript of a part of the interview pertaining to Russia.   

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Carpenter: Not only sanctions… the US & NATO can take military steps to gain advantage over Russia in the region

Michael Carpenter (PennBidenCenter.)

To assess the US national security strategy issues, efficiency of the Trump administration and threats coming from increasingly assertive Russia, Voice of America’s (VOA) Nana Sajaia interviewed Washington-based Michael Carpenter, Senior Executive Director at Pen Biden Center.

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Coffey: Trump’s finally come to the realization that Russia is not partner for U.S.

Luke Coffey

To assess the visit of NATO Parliamentary assembly to Tbilisi, Georgia, discuss future of Transatlantic relations and Pres. Trump’s visit to Europe Voice of America’s Anna Kalandadze spoke to Luke Coffey, Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy,

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Paul Goble: I fear that Trump will largely ignore countries like Georgia

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Paul A. Goble. (VoA.)

To assess the latest developments in the domestic and foreign affairs of Georgia, Voice of America’s (VOA) Anna Kalandadze interviewed Washington-based long-standing Eurasia observer Paul Goble. The Georgian-language interview first appeared on VOA.  Here is an English version:

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William Courtney: It won’t be easy for Trump to make big changes in US policy towards Russia

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William Courtney: “Because of such wide Western consensus for sanctions against Russia, it will not be easy for the Trump administration to make big changes in that policy.”

William Courtney, Former US Ambassador to Georgia and currently with the RAND Corporation in Washington DC, shared his views on the US President Elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda with Anna Kalandadze of Voice of America’s Georgian service. 

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