August 22nd, 2025: Russia Makes ABSURD Demand That Could Scuttle Peace Talks & US’s Failing Drone Program

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Russia’s latest demand in the Ukraine negotiations is so outlandish, it threatens to collapse the fragile push for peace before it even has a chance to take shape. The U.S. Navy’s push for autonomous warships was billed as the future of naval warfare. But insiders say the program is falling far short. A new report reveals a covert North Korean missile base near the Chinese border, capable of striking the U.S. mainland. And in today’s Back of the Brief—the DOJ is probing claims that D.C. police cooked the books on crime numbers before Trump’s crackdown on the city. 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 Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on goldTriTails Premium Beef: Don’t Settle for shrink-wrapped "steak" Visit https://trybeef.com/PDB to get the real stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.6	It's Friday, the President. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage.
1:00.5	All right, let's get briefed. First up, Russia's latest demand in the Ukraine negotiations is so moronic that it threatens to collapse the fragile push for peace before it even has a chance
1:12.9	to take shape, which of course could be Putin's intention. We'll have the details. Later in the show,
1:19.7	the U.S. Navy's push for autonomous warships was billed as the future of naval warfare,
1:25.5	but insiders say the program is falling far short.
1:29.2	Plus, a new report reveals a covert North Korean missile base near the Chinese border
1:34.4	capable of striking the U.S. mainland. In its days back of the brief, the DOJ is probing
1:41.1	claims that D.C. police cooked the books on crime numbers well before Trump's current
1:46.9	crackdown on crime in the city. But first, today's PDB spotlight. I'm going to start off today
1:54.1	with an issue that's going to be critical for the ongoing negotiations between Russia and Ukraine,
1:59.3	and that's the issue of security guarantees.
2:02.7	Now, by security guarantees, we're talking about concrete specific assurances, whether it's through
2:08.2	treaties or military commitments or international monitoring, that Ukraine's sovereignty
2:13.3	will be defended against future Russian aggression once the shooting stops.
2:18.3	As we reported earlier this week, after the Trump-Pudin summit in Alaska, there were signs
2:23.4	that Moscow was softening on the matter. President Putin reportedly agreed to allow more, quote,
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