#Politics #Trump #Putin - Christiane Amanpour and Alastair Campbell debate Trump envoy calling Putin a "humanitarian": BBC Politics

22 October 2026

President Trump's special envoy calls Vladimir Putin a "humanitarian." Whose side is the US on? Newsnight asks a panel including Alastair Campbell, Christiane Amanpour, ex-UK National Security Advisor Mark Lyall Grant, ex-Conservative Cabinet Minister Thérèse Coffey and ex-US Deputy National Security Advisor K.T McFarland. With Paddy O'Connell. #Politics #Trump #Putin #russia #uspolitics #alastaircampbell #bbc #bbcnews #newsnight

Russia launched three waves of intense missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital just hours after Donald Trump’s top diplomat lavished praise on Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian.” https://t.co/thqpMzhxxn

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