December 30th, 2025: China’s Military Encircles Taiwan & Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Foul Play

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: China encircles Taiwan with the largest military exercises in its history, deploying warships and fighter jets in a move that blurs the line between training and real-world preparation. Russia claims Vladimir Putin was targeted by a Ukrainian strike, with Moscow hinting at tougher negotiating positions while Ukraine flatly denies the accusation. Donald Trump meets with Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida, pressing for progress on a stalled Gaza ceasefire. And in today’s Back of the Brief—Kim Jong Un closes out the year with a warning, as North Korea claims it tested long-range cruise missiles. 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 Glorify: Feel closer to God this year with Glorify—get full access for just $29.99 when you download the app now at https://glorify-app.com/PDB. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.6	It's Tuesday, the 30th of December. Well, look at that. Two days left in what has been a very
0:39.5	eventful 2025. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the
0:45.8	world stage. All right. Let's get briefed. First up, China encircles Taiwan with the largest
0:53.2	military exercises in its history, raising an
0:56.3	interesting question. At which point does an exercise stop being just an exercise and start
1:02.5	becoming the real thing? I'll have the details. Later in the show, Russia claims Ukraine
1:08.2	tried to carry out a drone attack on Russian President Putin's residence.
1:13.1	That's not very neighborly, with Moscow now hinting at taking a tougher negotiating position,
1:18.4	while Kiev flatly dismisses the accusation as a lie. And not to state the obvious, but I'm
1:23.7	I think I'm about to, what else could Moscow do to take a tougher negotiating position than the one they've already got?
1:30.7	Plus, President Trump meets with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Florida to push for movement on the stalled Gaza ceasefire.
1:38.4	And it stays back of the brief.
1:40.1	Kim Jong-un wraps up the year by throwing his teddy out of the crib again.
1:44.9	That's right.
1:45.7	This North Korea says it just tested a bunch of long-range cruise missiles.
1:50.5	Haza and happy New Year.
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