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David Daoud

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The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Hezbollah is not down for the count. And anyone who's telling you that would be falsifying information as well. What Hezbollah has been trying to do since the November 27, 2024 ceasefire, realizing its vulnerable state, realizing that its vulnerability could offer an opportunity for enemies domestic and foreign to finish the job. And Hezbollah does have significant number of enemies in Lebanon.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Hezbollah is not down for the count. And anyone who's telling you that would be falsifying information as well. What Hezbollah has been trying to do since the November 27, 2024 ceasefire, realizing its vulnerable state, realizing that its vulnerability could offer an opportunity for enemies domestic and foreign to finish the job. And Hezbollah does have significant number of enemies in Lebanon.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Hezbollah is not down for the count. And anyone who's telling you that would be falsifying information as well. What Hezbollah has been trying to do since the November 27, 2024 ceasefire, realizing its vulnerable state, realizing that its vulnerability could offer an opportunity for enemies domestic and foreign to finish the job. And Hezbollah does have significant number of enemies in Lebanon.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

It's been to one consolidated space, right? Because this is the source of its strength in Lebanon. As much as we don't like Hezbollah, Hezbollah is part of the Lebanese political and social fabric because it has large Shiite support. Lebanon is built on this kind of this sectarian power sharing models. And if you are the most powerful representative of a specific sect,

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

It's been to one consolidated space, right? Because this is the source of its strength in Lebanon. As much as we don't like Hezbollah, Hezbollah is part of the Lebanese political and social fabric because it has large Shiite support. Lebanon is built on this kind of this sectarian power sharing models. And if you are the most powerful representative of a specific sect,

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

It's been to one consolidated space, right? Because this is the source of its strength in Lebanon. As much as we don't like Hezbollah, Hezbollah is part of the Lebanese political and social fabric because it has large Shiite support. Lebanon is built on this kind of this sectarian power sharing models. And if you are the most powerful representative of a specific sect,

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

then you get a seat at the political table. Hezbollah represents what is possibly Lebanon's largest and fastest growing sect, the Shiites, a significant proportion of them, according to Recent polling, it was late September of 2024, something like 85% of Lebanese Shiites support Hezbollah to some degree, and for various reasons.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

then you get a seat at the political table. Hezbollah represents what is possibly Lebanon's largest and fastest growing sect, the Shiites, a significant proportion of them, according to Recent polling, it was late September of 2024, something like 85% of Lebanese Shiites support Hezbollah to some degree, and for various reasons.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

then you get a seat at the political table. Hezbollah represents what is possibly Lebanon's largest and fastest growing sect, the Shiites, a significant proportion of them, according to Recent polling, it was late September of 2024, something like 85% of Lebanese Shiites support Hezbollah to some degree, and for various reasons.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

They're not all hardcore ideologues, but they support the organization. Only 5% in that poll that was issued by Arab Barometer were shown to oppose Hezbollah.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

They're not all hardcore ideologues, but they support the organization. Only 5% in that poll that was issued by Arab Barometer were shown to oppose Hezbollah.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

They're not all hardcore ideologues, but they support the organization. Only 5% in that poll that was issued by Arab Barometer were shown to oppose Hezbollah.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

So it's not Hezbollah doing the survey. It's an independent organization called Arab Barometer. They tend to be very credible. But also, look, and this is where Hezbollah tried to address these claims in its own way after the war with Nusrullah's February 23rd funeral.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

So it's not Hezbollah doing the survey. It's an independent organization called Arab Barometer. They tend to be very credible. But also, look, and this is where Hezbollah tried to address these claims in its own way after the war with Nusrullah's February 23rd funeral.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

So it's not Hezbollah doing the survey. It's an independent organization called Arab Barometer. They tend to be very credible. But also, look, and this is where Hezbollah tried to address these claims in its own way after the war with Nusrullah's February 23rd funeral.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

which drew, according to Information International, this is an independent consultancy organization in Beirut that mapped out the square footage of the area where people had congregated for the funeral and estimated that somewhere between 650,000 at a minimum to 900,000 people came out out of a sect in Lebanon, the Shiites, that is estimated to be 1.2 million people.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

which drew, according to Information International, this is an independent consultancy organization in Beirut that mapped out the square footage of the area where people had congregated for the funeral and estimated that somewhere between 650,000 at a minimum to 900,000 people came out out of a sect in Lebanon, the Shiites, that is estimated to be 1.2 million people.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

which drew, according to Information International, this is an independent consultancy organization in Beirut that mapped out the square footage of the area where people had congregated for the funeral and estimated that somewhere between 650,000 at a minimum to 900,000 people came out out of a sect in Lebanon, the Shiites, that is estimated to be 1.2 million people.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

And that's assuming that the people that stayed home all stayed home for reasons of opposition to Hezbollah. People can stay home for all types of different reasons, logistics, their kid got a cold, they got a cold, they were lazy, whatever.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

And that's assuming that the people that stayed home all stayed home for reasons of opposition to Hezbollah. People can stay home for all types of different reasons, logistics, their kid got a cold, they got a cold, they were lazy, whatever.