PDB Afternoon Bulletin | December 29th, 2025: President Trump Announces Strike Inside Venezuela & Zelensky At Mar-A-Lago

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: President Trump announces that U.S. forces carried out a strike inside Venezuela, targeting what he described as a major drug-related facility. With few confirmed details publicly available, we break down what we know so far—and the key questions that remain unanswered. President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, striking an optimistic tone as negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s war continue, telling reporters the sides “have the makings of a deal.” 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 Stash Financial: Don't Let your money sit around. Go to https://get.stash.com/PDB to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. 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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0:18.7	Again, text PDB to 989-89. It's Monday, welcome to the Everpointed
0:25.0	Day, almost are two-bediles. It's Monday, your eyes and ear. It's Monday, the 29th of December. Welcome to the BDB afternoon bulletin.
0:39.3	I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:43.3	All right, let's get briefed.
0:46.3	First up, President Trump announces a U.S. strike inside Venezuela.
0:51.3	It's a new development, and there aren't many details yet, and by many, I mean
0:55.8	almost none, but we'll take a look at what is known. Later in the show, President Trump meets
1:01.3	with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy signaling optimism as negotiations to end the war with Russia
1:08.1	continue. The person who could actually stop the fighting, that would be
1:12.0	Vladimir Putin, well, he doesn't seem all that interested. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.
1:18.1	We'll begin today by returning to Operation Southern Spear and a major update on the ongoing
1:23.2	U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean. President Trump announced that American forces carried
1:28.7	out a strike inside Venezuela, targeting what he described as a significant drug-related facility.
1:35.8	And that announcement alone is, of course, notable. Direct U.S. military action on Venezuelan soil
1:41.2	is a serious escalation, assuming that it happened. During a radio interview
1:46.7	with John Katsamatidis on Friday, President Trump said U.S. forces knocked out what he described as a,
1:53.7	quote, big plant or a big facility where the ships come from, likely referring to the narco-trafficking
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