The President's Daily Brief
December 31st, 2024: Russia Rejects Trump’s Peace Deal & Hamas Chief Assassination Details
31 Dec 2024
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: The Kremlin has reportedly shot down key parts of a peace deal proposed by Donald Trump and his incoming administration. We’ll break down the details. In Gaza, hopes for a ceasefire and hostage deal have seemingly collapsed. Plus, Israel, for the first time, admits its role in the assassination of Hamas chief Ismael Haniyeh. And in today’s Back of the Brief: The return of Little Rocket Man! North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has announced plans to adopt strict anti-U.S. measures ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration. 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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It's Tuesday, 31 December, which, as you may have heard, is New Year's Eve. We're on the cusp of 2025. And what are the odds that the new year could be as wacky as 2024? Probably pretty good odds. 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.
We'll start today with reports that the Kremlin has turned down critical parts of a peace deal pitched by Donald Trump and his incoming administration. We'll have those details later in the show. We'll shift our focus to Gaza, where hopes for a ceasefire and hostage deal have seemingly gone up in smoke again.
Plus, we've got new details about the operation that took out Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh as Israel, for the first time, admits its role in the assassination. And in today's Back of the Brief. Oh, look, we're wrapping up 2024, and it's the return of Little Rocket Man. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced plans to adopt strict anti-U.S.
measures in the weeks leading up to Donald Trump's inauguration. Hmm. But first, today's PDB Spotlight. President-elect Trump has perhaps been dealt a setback regarding his hopes for a quick compromise with the Putin regime to end Russia's war on Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejected proposals on Monday that have recently been floated by Trump and members of his national security team on how to achieve a lasting peace in Eastern Europe, saying the Kremlin was, quote, not satisfied with numerous elements of the president-elect's plans, That's according to a report from Newsweek.
Oh, so the invading regime that's carried out a three-year war against a neighboring country and is currently losing upwards of 1,500 Russian soldiers a day in the conflict isn't satisfied. Well, that is a shame. As a reminder, Trump began outlining his plans for bringing the war in Ukraine to a quick conclusion in an interview with Time magazine earlier this month.
While there are apparently multiple ideas being floated by Trump's advisers at this time. They include proposals to block Ukraine from joining NATO for at least 20 years, temporarily ceding portions of Ukrainian territory to Russia, and deploying a European-led coalition of ground troops in Ukraine to keep the peace.
While no official proposals have been communicated to Moscow by Trump's transition team, Lavrov told reporters on Monday that the Kremlin doesn't like what they've heard so far. Again, what a shame.
Lavrov said, quote, We're not happy, of course, with the proposals made by members of the Trump team to postpone Ukraine's admission to Ukraine for 20 years and to station British and European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, end quote.
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