May 23rd, 2025: Trump Tells Europe Putin Isn't Ready For Peace & Furious Kim Jong Un Humiliated By Botched Launch Of New Warship

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🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First, President Donald Trump reportedly told European leaders in a recent call that Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is not ready to end the war in Ukraine, dousing hopes for a near-term peace deal, though the White House is disputing the reports. Later in the show—Venezuela releases an imprisoned U.S. Air Force veteran to American officials in a bid to improve bilateral ties and keep Western oil companies operating inside the country. The move comes amid high stakes talks with the Maduro regime to accept the return of thousands of Venezuelan migrants. Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies reports of a rift with President Trump, and sets the implementation of Trump’s proposed plan to relocate Gaza’s civilians as a condition for ending the war. In our 'Back of the Brief—North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un suffered a major embarrassment after his newest warship was severely damaged during a botched launch ceremony on Wednesday, leaving the tyrant in a fury. 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 Jacked Up Fitness: Go to https://GetJackedUp.com and use code BAKER at checkout to save 10% off your entire purchase TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://TryBeef.com/PDB for 2 free Flat Iron steaks with your first box over $250 Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Ava from Vanta.
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0:26.4	and I'm Mike Baker,
0:48.5	your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, President Trump reportedly told European
0:57.4	leaders in a recent call that Russian President Putin is not ready to end the war in Ukraine,
1:03.8	thereby dousing hopes for a near-term peace deal, though the White House is now disputing those
1:09.9	reports. Later in the show, Venezuela releases
1:13.0	an imprisoned U.S. Air Force veteran to American officials in a bid to improve bilateral ties
1:20.0	and keep Western oil companies operating inside the country. The move comes amid reports that
1:26.2	the Trump administration is engaged in high-stakes
1:28.7	talks with the Maduro regime to accept the return of thousands of Venezuelan migrants.
1:34.8	Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu denies reports of a rift with President Trump
1:40.0	and sets the implementation of Trump's proposed plan to relocate Gaza's civilians as a condition for ending the war,
1:48.9	which is a way of saying then that the war won't be ending.
1:53.5	And in today's back of the brief, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un suffered a major embarrassment, uh-oh,
1:59.5	after his newest warship was severely damaged during a botched
2:03.7	launch ceremony. And when was the last time you heard anybody say the words botched launch
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