August 15th, 2025: Trump's High-Stakes Chess Match With Putin & Iran's Water Crisis Prompts Offer From Netanyahu

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First—President Donald Trump lays out the gameplan for his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he’s approaching the meeting like a high stakes game of chess. Meanwhile, Putin is heaping praise on Trump ahead of their encounter, and suggesting the talks could yield a new deal on nuclear arms control. Later in the show—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sends a message encouraging the citizens of Iran to take back control of their country, offering to help solve the nation’s rapidly intensifying water crisis, but only if the Islamic regime's ruling clerics are booted from power. Plus—we’ll have the latest on President Trump’s war against global drug traffickers, as Mexico agrees to extradite 26 high-ranking cartel leaders to the United States. In our 'Back of the Brief—a look at how Hamas radicalized an entire generation of kids in Gaza using a disturbing TV show featuring a jihadi Mickey Mouse lookalike and an antisemitic bunny. 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. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Jacked Up Fitness: Get the all-new Shake Weight by Jacked Up Fitness at https://JackedUpShakeWeight.com American Financing: Call American Financing today to find out how customers are saving an avg of $800/mo. 866-885-1881 or visit https://www.AmericanFinancing.net/PDB - NMLS 182334, https://nmlsconsumeraccess.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.7	It's Friday, the 15th. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker,
1:13.0	your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, President Trump
1:19.1	lays out his game plan for his highly anticipated summit with Russian President Putin,
1:24.7	saying he's approaching the meeting like a high-stakes game of chess.
1:29.0	Meanwhile, Putin is heaping praise on Trump ahead of their encounter, and suggesting the
1:34.4	talks could yield a new deal on nuclear arms control. Putin, after all, is an old-school KGB
1:40.5	officer. His mindset is that he's smarter than Trump, and he believes he can pretty much
1:46.1	manipulate anyone. Later in the show, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu sends a message encouraging
1:52.3	the citizens of Iran to take back control of their country, offering to help solve the nation's
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