August 18th, 2025: Trump's Major Pivot After Putin Summit & How China Is Helping Rearm Iran
The President's Daily Brief
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🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:39.3 | It's Monday. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right. Let's get briefed. |
| 1:02.0 | First up, we'll break down the results of Friday's summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin, |
| 1:08.0 | as the President prepares to meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky |
| 1:11.5 | and European leaders at the White House later today regarding efforts to end the war. |
| 1:16.9 | Later in the show, Israel prepares a mass relocation of Palestinians from Gaza City before the next |
| 1:22.6 | phase of their offensive against Hamas, just as hundreds of thousands of Israelis take to the streets to protest the war. |
| 1:30.8 | Plus, Iran moves to rebuild their military infrastructure and missile arsenal destroyed during the |
| 1:36.2 | recent 12-day war, and I suppose this should not be a surprise, but they're getting a big assist |
| 1:42.3 | from the Chinese regime. We'll have those details. |
| 1:45.8 | And in today's back of the brief, the Trump administration temporarily walks back their takeover |
| 1:50.9 | of Washington, D.C.,'s police department after a judge indicates they were prepared to block the move. |
| 1:57.2 | But first, today's PDB spotlight. |
| 2:01.6 | President Trump appears to be breaking with Ukraine and European allies following his Alaska summit Friday with Russian President Putin, |
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