Helen Pidd

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3,798 appearances 36 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard today

Helen Pidd’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Today in Focus · Xi Jinping meets Trump: who holds the cards? · 24 Sep 2026 podcast

You were deciphering all of his movements, his pronouncements, his silences, and on what that actually meant for American diplomacy. voice-verified

And you've even been in the same room during some of these presidential meetings. voice-verified

So so what's he like then? voice-verified

Because he's a mystery to most of us and maybe even to the Chinese people. voice-verified

He doesn't give that much away. voice-verified

What's he like? voice-verified

I mean, the man you describe, calm, methodical, careful, it sounds like the exact opposite of Donald Trump, who of course he is meeting. voice-verified

How have they these two different characters, two most powerful men in the world, handled each other in the past? voice-verified

Because they've already met once this year, haven't they? voice-verified

Back in May when Trump went for a state visit to China. voice-verified

And and is he is it beneath him to kind of kiss the ring, as they say? voice-verified

You know, I think about the last Prime Minister of the UK, Keir Starmer, when he finds himself in the Oval Office, he's falling over himself, fawning over Trump. voice-verified

And and and and with a flourish he he unve takes out of his jacket pocket a personal invitation from the king, the second state visit, knowing that Trump just loves to be flattered. voice-verified

D will she play that kind of game with him? voice-verified

Well just like yeah, whatever. voice-verified

And let's talk about what's going to be on the agenda at this summit. voice-verified

Taiwan will undoubtedly be raised in some capacity. voice-verified

And wasn't even the Taiwan issue that threatened to collapse this summit? voice-verified

Was she threatening not to turn up at all? voice-verified

the biggest. voice-verified

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