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The President's Daily Brief

December 22nd, 2025: U.S. Unleashes Massive Ground and Air Assault in Syria & Another Tanker Boarded Off Venezuela

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

News, Politics

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: A major U.S. military response in Syria, as American and coalition forces unleash one of the largest strikes on ISIS in years. We break down how the operation unfolded, what was targeted, and what it signals about the fight ahead. Pressure ramps up on Venezuela, with U.S. forces boarding yet another oil tanker in the Caribbean as President Trump’s maritime blockade tightens. Some good news for Ukraine, as European Union leaders approve a massive ninety-billion-euro loan to support Kyiv’s military and economic needs over the next two years. And in today’s Back of the Brief—return to sender. Turkey considers sending Russia’s S-400 air defense system back in hopes of reopening the door to U.S. F-35 fighter jets. 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. 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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Again, text PDB to 9889898. It's Monday. It's Monday, the 22nd of December. Look at that. We are just around the corner from Christmas Day.

0:55.7

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

1:00.9

And of course, a big congratulations to Ole Miss, taking down Tulane 41 to 10 in the first round of the college football playoffs.

1:09.2

Next up, the rebels take on Georgia on New Year's

1:12.5

Day. As the kids say, that's going to be a barn burner. I don't know if the kids actually say that

1:17.5

anymore. All right, let's get briefed. First up, a major U.S. military response in Syria.

1:24.6

American and coalition forces targeted ISIS positions this weekend in one of the largest

1:29.2

strikes in years. We'll walk you through the operation and what it might tell us about the fight ahead.

1:35.8

Later in the show, U.S. forces move on a third oil tanker in the Caribbean in the continuing

1:40.9

effort to disrupt Venezuela's illicit crude oil operations.

1:45.8

Plus, some good news for Ukraine.

1:47.5

As European Union leaders approve a massive 90 billion euro loan to support Keeves' ongoing war effort and economy.

1:57.2

And in today's back of the brief, well, it's return to sender.

2:01.0

Turkey may send Russia's S-400 air defense systems back to Russia in hopes of reopening the door to U.S. F-35 fighter jets.

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