January 22nd, 2025: The Trump Purge Begins & Biden Pardons a Murderer

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping removal of Biden appointees from his administration, starting with General Mark Milley, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He’s also revoked security clearances for dozens of former intelligence officials. A major shakeup in the Israeli Defense Forces as the Chief of Staff and the head of the Southern Command resign, citing failures leading to Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack. While the ceasefire holds in Gaza, the IDF has launched a significant counterterror operation in the West Bank expected to last several days. And in today’s Back of the Brief: Former President Biden faces backlash over one of his final acts—a pardon for a man convicted of killing two FBI agents, sparking outrage among law enforcement officials. 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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0:00.0	It's Wednesday, welcome.
0:02.0	I'm ever-pointed in,
0:02.9	closer to them.
0:04.5	And as a week.
0:07.7	It's Wednesday,
0:13.1	January.
0:14.3	Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.
0:16.6	I'm Mike Baker.
0:17.5	Your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:20.4	And as you may have noticed, I'm back in the PDB saddle sooner than anticipated.
0:26.6	The desert trek through Saudi Arabia and Jordan on behalf of the UK's Special Forces Benevolent Fund
0:32.2	continues its epic journey.
0:34.9	But I have been sidelined with an injury.
0:38.2	As we approached the Hajaz mountains in Saudi, I managed to tear some abdominal muscles
0:43.7	during what can only be described as an unfortunate dismount from my camel.
0:51.2	Now, I, too, was surprised at the injury because, because honestly I didn't know I still had ab muscles.
0:57.7	I haven't seen them in years.
1:00.1	Regardless, although I'm now on the disabled list, or I guess they now call it the injury list in sports,
1:06.2	the rest of the team, and it is an amazing team.
1:09.9	Let me tell you that much. It continues on towards
1:12.7	Akaba in Jordan. And if you're able, please go to sfcbf.org. That stands for Special Forces Club
1:20.7	Benevolent Fund. That's www.sfcbf.org to learn more about the trek and the vital work of the benevolent fund on behalf
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