The President's Daily Brief
April 4th, 2025: Kremlin Envoy Makes Rare Trip To US & Trump Purges White House National Security Council
04 Apr 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First, Russian President Vladimir Putin has dispatched a top advisor to the U.S. to try and mend fences with the Trump administration, after diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Russia began to deteriorate earlier this week. Later in the show, there’s a major shakeup occurring at the White House, as President Trump purges several senior staffers from his National Security Council, with more firings expected imminently. Plus, Hungary withdraws from the International Criminal Court while hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a controversial arrest warrant from the ICC over the war in Gaza. In our 'Back of the Brief—chaos returns to Haiti as thousands take to the streets in protest of surging gang violence. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Es ist Freitag, der 4. April. Willkommen bei der Präsidenten-Daily-Brief. Schau dir das an, wir sind bis zum Ende einer Woche alt. Ich bin Mike Baker, deine Augen und Ohren auf der Welt-Stage. Okay, lasst uns berichten. Erstens, Wladimir Putin, erinnerst du dich an ihn?
Er sendet einen Envoy nach den USA, um einen seltenen Besuch zu machen, um ausgedrückt zu versuchen, Verbindungen mit der Trump-Administration zu patchen. Later in the show, there's a major shake-up occurring at the White House as President Trump purges several senior staffers from his National Security Council, with more firings expected imminently. Well, that didn't take long.
Plus, Hungary withdraws from the International Criminal Court, the ICC, while hosting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who faces a controversial arrest warrant from the ICC over the war in Gaza. Und in heute's Back of the Brief. Chaos returns to Haiti. Actually, I don't think chaos has left Haiti. As thousands take to the streets in protest of surging gang violence.
But first, today's PDB Spotlight. Russian President Putin dispatched a top advisor to the U.S. to try to mend fences with the Trump administration after diplomatic talks between U.S. and Russia began to deteriorate earlier this week. The Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev reportedly met on Wednesday with Trump's senior advisor on Russia negotiations, Steve Witkow.
While details of their discussion have not been disclosed, the conversation reportedly lasted for hours, extending deep into the evening, according to a report from the New York Times. Additional meetings with senior members of the Trump team reportedly took place on Thursday, but again, the White House is being tight-lipped about the visit.
It marks the first time that a senior Russian official has traveled to the U.S. on state business since Putin's invasion of Ukraine back in February of 2022. And of course it comes at a time when fragile negotiations between the U.S. and Russia on ending the war are hanging by a thread.
Notably, Dmitriev is currently under US sanctions, imposed by the Biden administration for his close ties to Putin. The Treasury Department temporarily suspended the sanctions on Dmitriev for a period of seven days in order to facilitate his visit, with the State Department granting him a travel waiver and temporary visa.
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