Mike Baker

It's Friday, the 26th of June.

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, the Trump administration is turning up the pressure on Cuba, while the communist regime, well, the communist regime vows to fight any potential military intervention.

But new reporting reveals just how far Cuba's once feared armed forces have fallen since the Cold War.

Later in the show, Ukraine continues taking the fight deeper into Russia, striking key oil facilities as part of its long-range drone campaign.

The attacks are reportedly forcing Moscow to reposition air defenses around the capital and other high-value sites.

Plus, North Korea is entering a new era of naval power, uh-oh, commissioning its first destroyer capable of carrying nuclear-armed missiles.

And in today's Back of the Brief...

Venezuela is reeling from its worst earthquakes in nearly six decades as rescue crews race to find survivors and the death toll continues to rise.

We'll have the latest on the devastation and the ongoing rescue efforts.

But first, today's PDB Spotlight.

The Trump administration continues to turn up the pressure on Cuba with new sanctions, criminal indictments, and an ongoing energy blockade.

But what if that pressure were ever to become, well, kinetic?

If the U.S.

found itself in a military confrontation with Havana, what kind of fight would it actually face?

Well, according to new reporting from both the Wall Street Journal and CNN, the answer is somewhat more complicated than you might think.

For most Americans, Cuba's military is almost an afterthought, considered a relic of the Cold War.

During the height of the Cold War, Cuba possessed one of the most formidable militaries in the Western Hemisphere.