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You're going to start a minute. It's Friday, 14 February.

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

And would you look at that?

It's, it's Valentine's Day in the U.S. And honestly, it's, it's not too

late to send me chocolates or flowers or maybe those, uh, candy hearts with the wacky sayings on them.

And while you're at it, yeah, make sure to get something for that special gal or fella or partner

in your life. And honestly, I don't know if we're still allowed to say

gal or fella, but I believe I just did. So anyway, happy Valentine's Day. All right, let's get briefed.

We'll start things off in Europe, where leaders are chastising the Trump administration,

following the president's recent call

with Vladimir Putin seeking a negotiated settlement to the war in Ukraine. Now, I don't know that

chastising someone with Trump's personality is going to get you the desired result. Later in the

show, President Trump ups the pressure on U.S. allies by

announcing his plans for widespread reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners.

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