The President's Daily Brief
February 7th, 2025: Trump Prepares Long-Awaited Peace Plan To End Ukraine War & North Korea's Major Leap In Ballistic Missile Technology
07 Feb 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First, we'll discuss reports that the Trump administration is preparing to unveil their long-anticipated peace plan to end Russia’s war on Ukraine at a security conference in Germany next week. Later in the show, Ukrainian officials say they have observed a marked improvement in the accuracy of North Korean ballistic missiles fired on their cities, suggesting the hermit kingdom is using the conflict to successfully test and improve their missile technology. Plus, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces he will be skipping the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa later this month over their controversial land seizure bill, while accusing leaders in Johannesburg of pushing "anti-Americanism." In our 'Back of the Brief' segment, President Donald Trump turns his ire on another foreign institution, signing an executive order Thursday imposing sweeping sanctions on the controversial International Criminal Court for targeting the U.S. and Israel. 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
Full Episode
It's Friday, 7 February. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, still on the road, your eyes and ears on the world stage. Let's get briefed. First up, we'll discuss reports that the Trump administration is preparing to unveil their long-anticipated peace plan to end Vladimir Putin and his Russian regime's war in Ukraine at a security conference in Germany next week.
Later in the show, Ukrainian officials say they've observed a marked improvement in the accuracy of North Korean ballistic missiles fired on their cities. Now, that's suggesting that the Hermit Kingdom is using the conflict to successfully test and improve their missile technology. Plus, U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces that he'll be skipping the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa later this month over their controversial land seizure bill while accusing their leaders in Johannesburg of pushing anti-Americanism.
And in the back of the brief, President Trump signs an executive order Thursday imposing sweeping sanctions on the controversial International Criminal Court for targeting the U.S. and Israel. But first, today's PDV Spotlight. Reports suggest that President Trump's administration is preparing to unveil their long-awaited peace plan to bring the Russia-Ukraine conflict to an end.
According to White House sources, who spoke exclusively with Bloomberg, retired General Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, will lay out their blueprint for peace at the Munich Security Conference in Germany next week.
European allies will reportedly be briefed privately by Kellogg ahead of a public announcement by Trump at a later date, though it's not clear yet when the president will reveal his plans to the world. While details remain scarce at this time, sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the plan will likely involve
freezing the conflict along the current front lines, leaving the roughly 20% of territory currently occupied by Russia in limbo, while providing Kiev with robust security guarantees to ensure Moscow's forces can't attack again down the road. But what those security guarantees will look like, well, that's unclear.
Ukraine's ultimate goal is to be granted membership in the NATO alliance, though Trump has previously said that he opposes the idea. And even leaders in Kyiv have acknowledged that such an outcome is unlikely, at least in the short term. As we discussed on yesterday's PDB, Ukrainian President Zelensky has floated alternatives to NATO membership, including having the U.S.
provide Kiev with a nuclear deterrent or for European allies to deploy a multinational peacekeeping force consisting of at least 200,000 troops to enforce any potential peace deal. The Bloomberg report also notes that Kellogg has signaled in recent weeks that the U.S.
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