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The President's Daily Brief

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | July 18th, 2025: Report: Trump Discussing A Weapons 'Mega-Deal' With Zelensky & Mexico Threatens Legal Action Against ICE

The President's Daily Brief

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4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:  First—President Donald Trump is reportedly discussing a weapons "mega deal" with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that would see Washington buy battlefield-tested Ukrainian drones in exchange for Kyiv purchasing American-made arms. Later in the show—Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatens legal action against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the death of a migrant worker during a raid at a cannabis farm in California. 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 TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://trybeef.com/pdb & get $10 off 20 Lbs Ground Beef Special DeleteMe: Visit ⁠https://joindeleteme.com/BRIEF⁠ & Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's Friday, the afternoon afternoon of July. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your

0:41.9

eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, President Trump

0:48.0

is reportedly discussing a weapons quote mega deal with Ukrainian President Zelensky. That would

0:53.9

see Washington by battlefield-tested

0:56.2

Ukrainian drones in exchange for Kiev purchasing American-made arms. Later in the show, Mexican

1:02.5

President Claudia Scheinbaum threatens legal action against U.S. immigration and customs enforcement

1:08.1

or ICE after the death of a migrant during a raided a cannabis farm

1:12.6

in California. It's an interesting thought that litigation and legal action makes you wonder if the U.S.

1:18.6

could take legal action against Mexico for all the deaths caused by the fentanyl crossing the border.

1:24.6

But first, today's afternoon spotlight, President Trump's once frosty

1:28.3

relationship with Ukrainian President Zelensky continues to thaw, opening the door for a weapons deal.

1:34.6

They could help transform the Pentagon's lagging drone program. Now, as we've been tracking on the

1:39.4

PDB, the president already pivoted on sharing advanced U.S. weapons with Ukraine earlier this week,

1:45.7

and now, while the pair are reportedly discussing a weapons mega deal to help modernize each other's

1:51.2

aerial technology. Zelensky teased the development in an exclusive interview with the New York

1:56.3

Post published on Thursday, saying the U.S. is considering buying battle-tested Ukrainian drones in

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