The President's Daily Brief
February 13th, 2025: Ukraine Negotiations Set To Begin & Gaza Braces For Renewed Conflict
13 Feb 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: President Trump announces that negotiations to end the Ukraine war will begin immediately following his call with Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warns that Ukraine’s goal of reclaiming its 2014 borders is unrealistic. As the fragile Gaza ceasefire hangs by a thread, Israel calls up military reservists in preparation for potential renewed conflict. A bombshell revelation in Ukraine—intelligence officials expose one of the country’s most powerful men as a Russian mole. And in today’s Back of the Brief, President Trump secures a key victory as Tulsi Gabbard is confirmed by the Senate as the new director of national intelligence, adding another crucial member to his national security team. 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 Ramp: Get $250 when you join Ramp. Go to ramp.com/PDB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Es ist Donnerstag, 13. Februar. Willkommen bei der Präsidenten-Daily Brief. Ich bin Mike Baker, eure Augen und Ohren auf der Welt-Stage. All right, let's get briefed. Wir beginnen heute mit Präsident Trump, der erklärte, dass die Negotiativen, um den Ukraine-Krieg zu beenden, sofort beginnen werden. nach einem Anruf, den er mit Wladimir Putin gehalten hat.
Die News kommt, als der US-Defensivsekretär Pete Hegseth die EU- und NATO-Defensivchefs beurteilt, dass Ukraines Ziel, seine 2014-Border zurückzukommen, nicht realistisch ist. Later in the show, as the Gaza ceasefire hangs by a thread, Israel has begun calling up military reservists in preparation for renewed conflict.
Plus a bombshell in Ukraine, where intelligence officials revealed that one of the nation's most powerful men has been secretly working for Russia. And in today's back of the brief, President Trump scores a major win as Tulsi Gabbard is confirmed by the Senate as the new Director of National Intelligence after a very tough confirmation battle. But first, today's PDB Spotlight.
In what could prove to be a major diplomatic breakthrough, President Trump revealed that he held what he described as a, quote, lengthy and highly productive phone call with Russian President Putin on Wednesday morning, seeking a peace deal to end Moscow's three-year-old war on Ukraine.
It marked the first conversation between the President and the Russian strongman since Trump's return to office, as well as Putin's first contact with a sitting U.S. President since February 2022, after contact was broken off following Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Now, the conversation reportedly lasted for an hour and a half, during which the pair agreed to start negotiations immediately to bring the war to a close. In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump said, quote, We both agreed we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the war with Russia and Ukraine. We agreed to work together very closely, including visiting each other's nations.
We've also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately." Now Trump said that a delegation led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz,
and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will lead the talks and expressed hopes that a negotiated settlement could be achieved in the very near future, though he refrained from outlining a timetable. The call came in the wake of a prisoner exchange on Tuesday that saw Russia release Mark Fogle.
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