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The President's Daily Brief

January 23rd, 2026: Inside the White House Plan to Topple Cuba’s Communist Government & Sanctions Enforcement Escalates

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

Politics, News

4.73.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First up—a new report offers an inside look at the White House’s efforts to engineer regime change in Cuba, as U.S. officials—emboldened by events in Venezuela—search for Cuban power brokers willing to cut a deal and bring an end to Communist rule. Later in the show—President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in Davos, with Kyiv saying security guarantees are settled, but the most critical issue of all—territory—remains unresolved. Plus—the war against Russia’s shadow fleet is expanding, as France’s navy intercepts an oil tanker in the Mediterranean linked to Moscow’s covert sanctions-busting network. And in today’s Back of the Brief—a sobering case out of Iran, where a young soldier has been sentenced to death for refusing orders to fire on protesters during nationwide unrest. 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 BRUNT Workwear: Get $10 Off at BRUNT with code PDB at https://www.bruntworkwear.com/PDB#Bruntpod CBDistillery: Visit https://CBDistillery.comand use promo code PDB for 25% off your entire order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8

Thank you. It's Friday, the 23rd of January.

0:44.6

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

0:46.8

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

0:50.4

All right, let's get briefed.

0:52.6

First up, a new report is giving us an inside look at the White House's efforts to engineer regime change in Cuba,

1:00.0

with U.S. officials emboldened by events in Venezuela and actively hunting for Cuban power brokers willing to cut a deal.

1:08.7

Later in the show, President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Zelensky

1:11.8

in Davos, with Kiev, saying security guarantees are settled. But the most critical issue of

1:18.6

all, and that would be territory, well, that issue remains unresolved. Plus, the war against Russia's

1:24.4

shadow fleet is expanding. As France is Navy, and yes, they do have one,

1:29.4

and it's quite good, actually, intercepts an oil tanker in the Mediterranean, linked to Moscow's

1:34.5

covert sanctions-busting network. And in today's back of the brief, we turn again to Iran, where

1:40.9

a young Iranian soldier has been sentenced to death for refusing orders to fire on protesters during the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations.

1:50.8

But first, today's PDB spotlight.

1:54.1

A new report says the White House is actively seeking to overthrow Cuba's communist government, potentially by the end of the year.

2:01.8

And look at that. What's old is new again. According to reporting from the Wall Street Journal,

2:07.2

the Trump administration believes Cuba's regime is more fragile than at any point in the past seven

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