20 FEB 2025: Trump vs. Zelenskyy: Who's Right and Why // Domestic Updates: From Mexican Cartels to Breaking News About Trump's 'Operation Whirlwind'
The Wright Report
Bryan Dean Wright
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🗓️ 20 February 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In today's episode, we cover:
Trump vs. Zelenskyy: A War of Words with High Stakes – The heated exchange between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy—what sparked it and what it means for U.S. taxpayers.
Crushing the Cartels: U.S. Declares Them Terrorists – A major shift in U.S. policy as Mexican cartels and Latin prison gangs are officially designated as foreign terrorist organizations—unlocking new law enforcement and military tools.
Border Leaks Crackdown: DHS Polygraph Plan – The Biden-era deep state crackdown? DHS is rolling out polygraphs to track down leakers thwarting ICE raids.
Trump's Budget Battle: GOP Pushback on Cuts – The growing Republican backlash against Trump's budget cuts—why even some GOP lawmakers are calling for a slowdown.
Operation Whirlwind: Trump's DOJ Targets Dems for Incitement – "Operation Whirlwind" launched by Trump's DOJ—targeting Democratic lawmakers for inciting violence against the administration.
"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32
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| 0:00.0 | It's February 20th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report. |
| 0:08.4 | A good day to you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Right Report, Your Daily News, podcast. |
| 0:22.4 | I've got two big updates for you this morning, full of news that's shaping America and the world. |
| 0:28.3 | First up, we've got a set of fireworks to talk about regarding in between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Zelensky this morning. |
| 0:36.0 | Trump is saying that Zelensky is a budding dictator. |
| 0:39.0 | Meanwhile, Zelensky is saying that Trump is spreading Russian disinformation. |
| 0:42.7 | Uh-oh. |
| 0:43.6 | I'll explain what's going on. |
| 0:44.8 | And why it is, you should know this, |
| 0:47.3 | Zelensky is now downplaying the fact that you had given him |
| 0:50.1 | billions of dollars in taxpayer support. |
| 0:53.5 | Oh boy. |
| 0:56.3 | Second, we've got a range of domestic updates to cover this morning from Mexican terror organizations to some lie detectors being used at the |
| 1:01.3 | DHS. I'll explain. Also, some breaking news that Trump's Department of Justice is sending out |
| 1:07.4 | warning letters to Democrat lawmakers alleging that they are inciting violence. |
| 1:11.8 | We'll talk about that coming up. But before we get to that domestic news, ladies and gentlemen, |
| 1:16.7 | let's get to our top international story of the morning. President Volodymyr Zelensky is a dictator. |
| 1:23.0 | President Donald Trump is a Russian propagandist. Those are the accusations and counter-accusations flying |
| 1:28.8 | about this morning between those two men after days of growing tensions. So to understand |
| 1:34.2 | the magnitude of what is happening this morning, why we should care, certainly as taxpayers, |
| 1:38.8 | let's refresh our memories about why this moment has become so combustible and who really is to blame? As I shared with you on |
| 1:46.8 | Monday, President Trump sent his negotiating team to Saudi Arabia to begin negotiations with Moscow |
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