Zelensky Visits Mar-A-Lago & Minnesota Daycare Fraud | 12.29.25

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🗓️ 29 December 2025

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President Trump presses on for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, a fraudulent daycare scheme adds to the scandals coming out of Minnesota, and multiple major cities tighten security for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. - - - Ep. 2554 - - - Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 - - - Today's Sponsor: Daily Wire Shop - Visit https://dailywire.com/shop today! - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy morning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hours after a, quote, productive call with Putin, President Trump hosts Zelensky in hopes of hammering out a war-ending deal.
0:10.3	We said, on eight warrants, this is the most difficult month, but we're going to get it done.
0:14.4	I'm Daily Wire, executive editor John Bickley, with Georgia Howl. It's Monday, December 29th. This is Morning Wire.
0:30.1	A new investigative report on massive fraud in Minnesota daycares prompts a congressional probe and demands for Governor Walls to resign. There's a little nickname for him going around
0:35.6	Minnesota. He's the fraud father and that's exactly what it is.
0:39.1	And the Trump administration cracks down on criminal illegals and terror threats
0:43.5	as major cities ramp up security for New Year's Eve celebrations.
0:47.3	Americans are going to continue to go out and celebrate.
0:49.6	That's what we want.
0:50.7	We're Americans, we don't bend the knee to these terrorist organizations.
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1:24.1	President Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin and hosted Vladimir Zelensky on Sunday, hoping to finalize a peace deal to end the war.
1:32.0	Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips is here with the highlights of this high-stakes sit down. Hey, Cabot.
1:37.3	Hey, John. I know you missed me. Merry Christmas. I don't know how I've made it through, Cabot. So let's start with an overview of where things stand coming into this
1:45.8	meeting. What do we need to know coming into this? So a quick refresher, last month after weeks of
1:50.5	negotiating, the U.S. came to Ukraine with the outlines of a 28-point peace plan. That draft included
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