The President's Daily Brief
May 23rd, 2025: Trump Tells Europe Putin Isn't Ready For Peace & Furious Kim Jong Un Humiliated By Botched Launch Of New Warship
Fri, 23 May 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First, President Donald Trump reportedly told European leaders in a recent call that Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is not ready to end the war in Ukraine, dousing hopes for a near-term peace deal, though the White House is disputing the reports. Later in the show—Venezuela releases an imprisoned U.S. Air Force veteran to American officials in a bid to improve bilateral ties and keep Western oil companies operating inside the country. The move comes amid high stakes talks with the Maduro regime to accept the return of thousands of Venezuelan migrants. Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies reports of a rift with President Trump, and sets the implementation of Trump’s proposed plan to relocate Gaza’s civilians as a condition for ending the war. In our 'Back of the Brief—North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un suffered a major embarrassment after his newest warship was severely damaged during a botched launch ceremony on Wednesday, leaving the tyrant in a fury. 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 Jacked Up Fitness: Go to https://GetJackedUp.com and use code BAKER at checkout to save 10% off your entire purchase TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://TryBeef.com/PDB for 2 free Flat Iron steaks with your first box over $250 Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What did Trump say about Putin and the war in Ukraine?
Präsident Trump hat beruflich europäische Leiter in einem letzten Anruf gesagt, dass russischer Präsident Putin nicht bereit ist, den Krieg in der Ukraine zu beenden, damit die Hoffnungen für einen nahelänglichen Kriegsabschluss, obwohl die White House diese Berichte jetzt diskutiert hat.
Später im Show veröffentlichte Venezuela einen US-Führungskanzler für US-Führungskräfte, um bilaterale Beziehungen zu verbessern und westliche Ölverbraucher im Land zu halten. Die Bewegung kommt aus Berichten, dass die Trump-Administration mit einem Maduro-Regime in hochwertigen Gesprächen engagiert ist, um die Rückkehr von Tausenden von venezuelischen Migranten zu akzeptieren.
Plus, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu denies Reports of a rift with President Trump and sets the implementation of Trump's proposed plan to relocate Gaza's civilians as a condition for ending the war, which is a way of saying then that the war won't be ending.
In today's Back of the Brief, North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un suffered a major embarrassment after his newest warship was severely damaged during a botched launch ceremony. And when was the last time you heard anybody say the words botched launch ceremony? It's not easy, try it.
On Wednesday, leaving little Rocket Man in a fury, which means there will be some job vacancies in Kim's Navy very soon. But first, today's PDB Spotlight.
Wir beginnen heute mit den Berichten, dass Präsident Trump nach seinem zweihöchigen Anruf am Montag mit Wladimir Putin den europäischen Führern sagte, dass der russische Sturmbau nicht bereit ist, den Krieg in der Ukraine zu beenden, weil er fühlt, dass seine Kräfte gewinnen.
Nun, die Bemerkungen wurden am Donnerstag von den Wall Street Journalen erst erklärt, die vier jungen europäischen Offiziere, die sich mit der Konversation kennengelernt haben.
As we discussed earlier this week, following his Monday morning call with Putin, Trump got on a group call with leaders of the European Union, including France, Italy, Germany and Finland, to debrief them on where Putin stands regarding prospects for a ceasefire.
While Trump publicly put a positive spin on his conversation with Putin, saying Putin had agreed to, quote, immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire, the Journal report claims his private appraisal was, well, far more pessimistic.
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Chapter 2: What is the significance of Venezuela releasing a US Air Force veteran?
Bloomberg and Reuters report that Grinnell's talks included a further extension of Chevrons license, a clear sign of potentially thawing relations. Although Maduro has recently tried to downplay Chevron's possible exit, foreign oil firms produce nearly half of Venezuela's crude and their departure, well, would deliver a devastating blow to his regime's already crippled economy.
Okay, wechseln wir zu Israel. In seiner ersten Pressekonferenz in fünf Monaten erklärte der israelische Bundespräsident Netanyahu zum ersten Mal, dass das Implementieren des Plans von Präsident Trump, die Zivilisationen in Gaza zu verlagern, jetzt eine Bedingung ist, den Krieg zu beenden.
Chapter 3: What are the conditions set by Netanyahu regarding Gaza?
Chapter 4: What embarrassing incident occurred with Kim Jong Un's warship?
Now, we should note that the White House immediately disputed the Journal's reporting. Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said that while Trump, quote, did say he believes Putin is winning the war, the President, quote, never said Putin isn't ready to end the war. He believes Putin wants peace and wants the war to be over, end quote.
Regardless, European officials said the call clarified Trump's position regarding the conflict. Does it feel like it was clarified?
While they don't think Trump will move to cut off US weapons exports as long as Europe and Ukraine keep paying for them, they were left to conclude that it will largely fall to European countries to continue supporting Ukraine and shouldering the bulk of the financial burden.
Indeed, Trump told reporters on Monday, after his call with Putin, quote, this isn't my war, we got ourselves entangled in something we shouldn't have been involved in, end quote.
Mit diesem in der Hand, hat die EU und Britannien sich mit ihren eigenen neuen Sanktionen gegen Russland am Dienstag vorgelegt, die Moskau's Schattenflut von Öl-Tankern und finanziellen Firmen, die dem Putin-Regime geholfen haben, die schlimmsten Auswirkungen der Sanktionen, die seit der Kriege begonnen wurden, übernommen.
Europäische Kommission-Präsident Ursula von der Leyen hat später gesagt, dass eine größere Package von heftigeren Sanktionen vorbereitet wird, obwohl sie nicht auf die Details erläutert hat.
According to a report from Reuters on Thursday, Kyiv will petition the EU next week to consider taking bigger steps to isolate the Kremlin internationally, including by accelerating the seizure of Russian assets held in Europe and placing sanctions on buyers of Russian oil, such as India and China. That would be a major step that Europe has so far been reluctant to take.
Ukraine also wants to see the EU take steps to make its sanctions apply more forcefully beyond its own borders, including by targeting foreign companies supplying tech components to Russia that have military applications. But it's not clear, yet anyway, if the EU will be able to muster the resolve to implement Kyiv's requests.
Trump, meanwhile, feels that it's not the right time to use his economic leverage over Putin, preferring to give time for more talks to take place. Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained, "...the President believes that right now you start threatening sanctions, the Russians will stop talking, and there's value in us being able to talk and drive them to get to the table."
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