December 11th, 2025: Trump’s Post-Maduro Strategy Revealed & Ukraine’s New Peace Proposal

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: New reporting reveals that the Trump administration has been quietly preparing for the possibility of Nicolás Maduro’s fall in Venezuela, developing day-after plans as U.S. military pressure increases. Ukraine signals potential movement toward a negotiated end to the war, with President Zelensky finalizing a new peace proposal for Washington as the White House ramps up its push for diplomacy. Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia intensifies, and President Trump prepares to intervene to stabilize the fragile ceasefire he brokered earlier this year. And in today’s Back of the Brief — closing arguments begin in the corruption and foreign-agent trial of former New York gubernatorial aide Linda Sun, accused of taking kickbacks and passing information to China during the pandemic. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Ridge Wallet: Upgrade your wallet today! Get 47% Off @Ridge with code PDB at https://www.Ridge.com/PDB #Ridgepod American Financing: Call American Financing today to find out how customers are saving an avg of $800/mo. NMLS 182334, https://nmlsconsumeraccess.org - APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.196% for well qualified borrowers. Call 866-885-1881 for details about credit costs and terms. Visit https://www.AmericanFinancing.net/PDB Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.7	I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.
1:13.3	All right, let's get briefed.
1:15.4	First up, a dramatic escalation in the Caribbean as U.S. forces sees a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
1:23.3	It comes as new reporting reveals the Trump administration has been quietly contingency planning
1:29.4	in the event the Maduro regime collapses.
1:32.6	I'll have the details.
1:34.4	Later in the show, Ukraine's president says a revised peace proposal is nearly ready for Washington.
1:40.7	Zelensky suggests new developments could come within days as the White House ramps
1:45.5	up pressure for a path to end the war. Plus, artillery and rocket fire are intensifying along the
1:51.8	Thailand-Cambodia border. The White House now says President Trump will step in to keep the
1:57.9	ceasefire brokered by the White House earlier this year from unraveling.
2:02.4	And in today's back of the brief, closing arguments begin in the trial of former New York
2:07.5	gubernatorial aide Linda Sun. Prosecutors say she spent years acting essentially as an agent
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