Fiona Hill: It’s a mistake for Trump to meet Putin alone

Donald Trump made a mistake in agreeing to meet with Vladimir Putin alone , his former top Russia adviser has warned.

Fiona Hill, who served on the national security council during Mr Trump’s first term, said without his own advisers and translator, Putin will be better placed to lure the US president into a trap.

“Putin will lure you in in a moment,” she said. “He likes to do the two guys chatting routine, but what he’s really doing is making you complicit in all kinds of things he wants.”

The US president is meeting with his Russian counterpart for a high-stakes summit at an Alaskan military base on Friday.

He intends to speak to Putin “one-on-one” as part of a “listening exercise”, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, announced on Tuesday.

But Ms Hill – who is one o