August 5th, 2025: Russia’s Secret Economic Meltdown & Trump’s Warning to India

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Russia tightens its grip on economic transparency, limiting access to key data as experts warn of mounting financial trouble. President Trump accuses India of funding the war in Ukraine through Russian oil purchases—and threatens steep tariffs in response. Hamas releases another disturbing hostage video, prompting global condemnation for its psychological warfare tactics. And in today’s Back of the Brief—fighter jets and flares over New Jersey as multiple planes breach Trump’s restricted airspace near Bedminster. 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 gold TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://trybeef.com/pdb & get 2 Free Flat Iron steaks DeleteMe: Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you text PDB to 64000. Message and data rates apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.5	It's Tuesday, welcome. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.
1:11.5	I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage.
1:13.6	All right. Let's get briefed.
1:23.8	First up, Russia's government, never really won for transparency, is taking additional steps to obfuscate when it comes to the state of Russia's economy.
1:26.5	And yes, I did use the word obfuscate. You're welcome.
1:32.6	Restricting access to key data, as analysts warn of a deepening slowdown in their economy.
1:34.0	We'll have those details.
1:40.3	Later in the show, U.S. President Trump says India is buying Russian oil and bankrolling the war in Ukraine.
1:41.0	Well, he's correct about that.
1:42.8	Now he's threatening to hit them where it hurts.
1:45.4	But India says, meh. Plus, Hamas releases another propaganda video featuring an Israeli hostage.
1:53.3	World leaders and, frankly, anybody with a pulse and a sense of empathy are calling it cruel
1:59.2	and inhumane. And in today's back of the brief,
2:02.7	fighter jets scrambled over New Jersey after multiple planes violated restricted airspace
2:08.0	over President Trump's Bedminster property. But first, today's PDB spotlight.
2:14.9	The clock continues to tick down for Russian President Putin. As we reported last week,
2:20.5	President Trump gave the Russian leader a 10-day deadline to begin seriously pursuing a ceasefire
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