The President's Daily Brief
April 2nd, 2025: Russia Rejects Trump's Peace Plan & Iran Mulls Strikes On Key US Military Outpost
02 Apr 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We’ll begin today with an update on the war in Ukraine, as the Kremlin pushes back on President Donald Trump’s peace proposals, suggesting diplomatic talks between Moscow and Washington may have stalled. Later in the show, tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to heat up, as the IRGC reportedly mulls strikes against a critical U.S. military outpost in response to President Trump’s threats to bomb their nuclear sites. Plus, China launches a major military drill off Taiwan's coast and calls their president a "parasite" in the CCP's latest escalation. In our 'Back of the Brief—a tragic update out of Lithuania, where the bodies of four U.S. soldiers who were killed during a training exercise last week near the Belarusian border have been recovered. 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 Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Episode
It's Wednesday, the 2nd of April. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. And, yes, back on the road somewhere. Let's get briefed.
First, the Kremlin is slapping down President Trump's proposals for ending the war in Ukraine, which they say are unacceptable in their current form, suggesting that peace talks between Moscow and Washington, well, may have stalled.
Later in the show, tension between the US and Iran continues to heat up as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, reportedly mauls strikes against a critical US military outpost in response to President Trump's threats to bomb their nuclear sites. Plus, China launches a major military drill. Oh, things are just peachy keen all around the world, aren't they?
China launches a major military drill off Taiwan's coast and calls the president a parasite in their latest escalation. That would be the Taiwanese president. Analysts warn the move is intended to send a message to the Trump administration that they won't back down on their territorial claims. And in today's Back of the Brief, a tragic update out of Lithuania, where the bodies of four U.S.
soldiers who were killed during a training exercise last week near the Belarusian border have been recovered. But first, today's PDB Spotlight. We'll begin today with another update on the war in Ukraine as the Kremlin pushes back on President Trump's peace proposals, suggesting that diplomatic talks between Moscow and Washington may have stalled.
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rybakov, a trusted foreign policy advisor to Vladimir Putin, said Tuesday that while Moscow is taking American ideas on how to end the war in Ukraine, quote, seriously, really, are they? The current proposals from the Trump administration remain unacceptable.
Rybakov said they don't go far enough to address Russia's long-term strategic concerns and fail to take into account what he claims are the underlying causes of the conflict. That's according to a report from the New York Post. Now, one could argue that the underlying cause of the conflict is that Russia invaded Ukraine in an attempt to take over a sovereign nation.
It's just the latest sign that the road to peace will likely remain a long and difficult one as the Trump administration struggles to bridge the divide between Moscow and Kyiv. Rybakov said, quote, We take the models and solutions proposed by the Americans very seriously. Uh huh. But we can't accept it all in its current form.
As far as we can see, he said, there's no place in them, meaning the proposals, today for our main demand, namely to solve the problems related to the root causes of this conflict. It's completely absent and that must be overcome, end quote. While Rybakov did not elaborate on Russia's specific demands, we can reasonably infer based on past statements and past demands from the Kremlin.
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