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It's December 20th.

You're listening to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm your host and former CIA officer Brian Dean Wright.

Your morning intel starts now.

A good day to you ladies and gentlemen.

I've got four briefs for you this morning that are shaping America and the world.

First off, we start today on America's southern border with a story about a migrant that reminds us of the real challenge to stopping illegal migration.

Next, we travel to Vietnam without country replacing the United Kingdom on a very special list.

Third, we head to Japan where the CEO of Toyota has some very blunt words to share about dirty green energy.

Finally, we stop in Canada where Chinese diplomats there are encouraging world leaders to save the planet's wildlife and wilderness.

I'll explain why that is patently absurd.

Later, we close out the podcast with a listener question about spy versus spy games in Africa.

Leo wants to know, would France really kill a Russian official with a mail bomb?

Well, before I answer that, we got to get started with this.

We had some serious whiplash yesterday regarding America's immigration policy.

And we're going to see a lot more of that today.

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