May 28th, 2026: Iran Is In Far Worse Shape Than It Admits & Israel’s Drops Another Hamas Commander

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: Iran continues projecting strength, but new reporting suggests the regime may be under enormous internal pressure as economic turmoil, fuel rationing, and the fallout from an 88-day internet blackout take their toll. Israel says it has killed Hamas’s new military chief less than two weeks after taking out his predecessor, as the campaign to decapitate the terror group’s leadership continues inside Gaza. Ukraine may be losing backing for a key ammunition procurement effort as support for a Czech-led coalition begins to crack. And in today’s Back of the Brief—Russian bankers may soon have a new job description: drone defense. Moscow has now authorized parts of its financial system to engage incoming UAVs. 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 Blocktrust: Move your retirement into the next generation of assets, go to https://mikebakercrypto.com now to claim your $2,500 Bitcoin bonus. QUO: Make this the season where no opportunity slips away. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to https://Quo.com/PDB Chapter: Compare every medicare plan call 915-671-5252 today! Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don't directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact https://Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.4	Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.
0:46.5	I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears, on the world stage.
0:50.0	And yes, thank you for noticing.
0:51.7	I am on the road.
0:53.8	All right, let's get briefed.
0:55.1	First up, Iran continues projecting strength, but new reporting suggests the regime may be under enormous internal pressure
1:03.1	as economic turmoil, fuel rationing, and the fallout from an 88-day internet blackout take their toll.
1:10.3	Later in the show, Israel says it's killed
1:12.7	Hamas's new military chief less than two weeks after taking out his predecessor as the
1:18.7	campaign to decapitate the terror group's leadership continues inside Gaza. Plus, Ukraine may be
1:24.9	losing backing for a key ammunition procurement effort as support for a Czech-led coalition begins to crack.
1:33.3	And in today's back of the brief, Russian bankers may soon have a new job description, and that would be drone defense.
1:40.0	Moscow has now authorized parts of its financial system to engage incoming UAV, so that bankers
1:46.5	have to be excited about that opportunity. But first, today's PDB spotlight. Iran's leadership
1:52.7	insists that the country is standing strong. The regime continues issuing threats. Revolutionary
1:58.9	Guard commanders are denouncing diplomacy as weakness,
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