April 22nd, 2025: Beijing Now Targeting Members Of Congress & Hamas Recruits Kids

The President's Daily Brief

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4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: China lashes out—Beijing has sanctioned multiple U.S. lawmakers and officials over what it calls “egregious behavior” on Hong Kong. Hamas reportedly recruits 30,000 youths to replenish its militant ranks, including untrained minors. The Trump administration floats a confidential peace deal to Ukraine that would recognize Crimea as Russian and block NATO membership. And in today’s Back of the Brief—President Trump comes to the defense of Pete Hegseth as the Signal scandal surrounding the Defense Secretary deepens. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold StopBox: Get firearm security redesigned and save with BOGO the StopBox Pro AND 10% OFF @StopBoxUSA with code PDB at http://stopboxusa.com/PDB ! #stopboxpod Jacked Up Fitness: Go to https://GetJackedUp.com and use code BAKER at checkout to save 10% off your entire purchase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.5	Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.
0:46.6	I'm Mike Baker.
0:47.5	Your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:50.1	All right.
0:50.8	Let's get briefed.
0:52.1	We'll start things off today with China,
0:54.0	and it seems that the Chinese regime, for whatever reason, is a bit testy.
0:59.0	Beijing just sanctioned multiple members of Congress and top U.S. officials in a new tit-for-tat move over what it's calling, quote, egregious behavior on Hong Kong-related issues.
1:10.0	Hmm. We'll have those details.
1:13.0	Later in the show, Hamas steps up efforts to refill its depleted ranks,
1:17.7	reportedly recruiting some 30,000 youths into its militant wing, including untrained minors.
1:24.5	Plus, in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to end the war, the Trump administration
1:29.6	has presented Ukraine with a confidential peace deal that would recognize Crimea as Russian,
1:35.2	give Russia essentially the land they currently occupy inside Ukraine, and block NATO membership.
1:41.3	In exchange, Ukraine gets... Well, that's not really clear. And in today's
1:47.9	back of the brief, as a second signal scandal surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth grows,
1:53.7	President Trump steps in to defend him. But first, today's PDB spotlight. We'll begin with an
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