It's July 26th.

You're listening to The President's Daily Brief.

I'm your host and former CIA officer Brian Dean Wright.

Your morning intel starts now.

First up, Joe Biden confirmed yesterday that he's going to talk to China's leadership

this week, chatting about Taiwan and the economy and the climate.

So this morning we're going to dive into their climate conversation and that China's actually

building more coal plants because they don't have faith in renewables.

We'll discuss that.

As always, I'm keeping an eye out for developing stories, put these two on your radar.

First the natural gas wars took another nasty turn yesterday, Russia cutting their supply

to Europe in half starting tomorrow.

I'm going to explain the game that Moscow is playing.

Second by now, you see in the headlines, monkeypox is a global health emergency.

I'm going to remind us that the big development here is not in the United States, but in

the Congo, where something very strange is happening.

And finally, a comment from Jack and Indianapolis about Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, and how he does

not want us to go back no matter what.

But first, let's get started with today's main brief.

Joe Biden confirmed yesterday that he's got a phone call coming up with China's president

Xi, and that he plans to discuss Taiwan trade and climate change.

Now it's that last part that should catch your ears, climate change.

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