December 1st, 2025: Russia’s War Machine Is Collapsing & Trump Eyes Controversial Pardon

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: New admissions out of Moscow reveal a major problem inside Russia’s war machine. Arms exports have collapsed, raising fresh questions about whether Putin’s defense industry is starting to break down. Reports indicate President Trump is considering a pardon for the former Honduran president, a man accused of taking cartel money and helping move cocaine into the United States. Plus—President Trump warns airlines to treat Venezuelan airspace as closed, escalating pressure on Nicolás Maduro and adding to already-high tensions. And in today’s Back of the Brief—the latest on the deadly shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C., and what investigators are learning as the case unfolds. 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 Stash Financial: Don't Let your money sit around. Go to https://get.stash.com/PDB to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. Masa Chips: Ready to give MASA or Vandy a try? Get 25% off your first order by going to http://masachips.com/PDB and using code PDB. TriTails Premium Beef: Get 15% OFF the ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’ steak box. Order by Dec 14 at https://TriTailsBeef.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.0	It's Monday, the first of December.
1:08.0	Would you look at that?
1:27.9	A brand new month, and we are well into the holiday season. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. And of course, congratulations to Ole Miss for beating Mississippi State and the traditional Egg Bowl and securing their place in the college football playoffs for the first time in program history. Unfortunately, well, head coach Lane Kiffin chose dollars and ego over loyalty
1:34.8	and legacy, announcing he's taking LSU's offer of 90 million in fat stacks to move to Baton Rouge.
1:42.0	Well, to be fair, for Kiffin, it's just one more messy, controversial job departure in a career
1:49.0	full of messy controversial job departures.
1:53.2	I'd say good luck to him, but that would be disingenuous of me.
1:57.8	Oh, well, good luck.
1:59.5	All right, let's get briefed.
2:03.5	First up, new admissions out of Moscow reveal a major problem inside Russia's war machine. Arms exports have collapsed by half, 50%,
2:10.5	and it's raising new questions about whether Putin's defense industry is starting to break down.
2:16.5	Later in the show, we'll take a look at a very interesting and somewhat bizarre story.
2:22.4	It's all about ex-Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez.
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