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The President's Daily Brief

February 19th, 2025: Russia Plays Hardball In Riyadh & Iran Vows Another Attack On Israel

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

Politics, News

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Russia is playing hardball in negotiations with the U.S. over ending the war in Ukraine, demanding the West abandon Ukraine’s NATO ambitions and rejecting NATO peacekeepers. Iran is vowing another direct attack on Israel while taunting the U.S. over its nuclear program—what’s behind Tehran’s latest threats? Hamas says it will return the bodies of four hostages, including the youngest victims of October 7th, but what does this move signal? And in today’s Back of the Brief: North Korea is making bold new promises to expand its nuclear arsenal, dismissing U.S. efforts to curb its ambitions. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Yeah. It's Wednesday, Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

0:46.3

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

0:50.3

All right, let's get briefed.

0:52.3

Today we're starting with the negotiations between the. and Russia over ending the war in Ukraine.

0:58.2

Now, Moscow appears to be playing hardball. There's a surprise, demanding that the West scrap Ukraine's NATO ambitions and rejecting any talk of NATO peacekeepers.

1:08.0

Oh, is that all you want, Putin? We'll examine Russia's stated position,

1:11.5

which essentially appears to be that they get what they want and Ukraine doesn't. Later in the

1:17.6

show, Iran is vowing yet another attack on Israel, while Tehran claims that the U.S. and Israel,

1:24.1

quote, can't do a damn thing to stop its nuclear ambitions. Okay, well, technically,

1:30.4

that's not correct. The question is whether the U.S. and Israel have the political will to do a

1:35.6

damn thing regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions. We'll tell you what's behind the Iranian regime's

1:40.8

threats. Plus, more hostage news in Israel, as Khamas says it's returning the bodies of four hostages,

1:47.8

including the youngest victims of the brutal 7 October attacks. And in today's back of the brief,

1:54.7

North Korea, oh, we haven't heard from them for a short while, while they're making bold new promises

1:59.5

to expand their nuclear arsenal

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