The President's Daily Brief
January 22nd, 2025: The Trump Purge Begins & Biden Pardons a Murderer
22 Jan 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping removal of Biden appointees from his administration, starting with General Mark Milley, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He’s also revoked security clearances for dozens of former intelligence officials. A major shakeup in the Israeli Defense Forces as the Chief of Staff and the head of the Southern Command resign, citing failures leading to Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack. While the ceasefire holds in Gaza, the IDF has launched a significant counterterror operation in the West Bank expected to last several days. And in today’s Back of the Brief: Former President Biden faces backlash over one of his final acts—a pardon for a man convicted of killing two FBI agents, sparking outrage among law enforcement officials. 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 Wednesday, 22 January. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. And as you may have noticed, I'm back in the PDB saddle sooner than anticipated. The desert trek through Saudi Arabia and Jordan on behalf of the UK's Special Forces Benevolent Fund continues its epic journey. But I have been sidelined with an injury.
As we approached the Hejaz Mountains in Saudi, I managed to tear some abdominal muscles during what can only be described as an unfortunate dismount from my camel. Now, I, too, was surprised at the injury because, honestly, I didn't know I still had ab muscles. I haven't seen them in years. Regardless...
Although I'm now on the disabled list, or I guess they now call it the injury list in sports, the rest of the team, and it is an amazing team, let me tell you that much, it continues on towards Aqaba in Jordan. And if you're able, please go to sfcbf.org. That stands for Special Forces Club Benevolent Fund. That's www.sfcbf.org.
to learn more about the trek and the vital work of the Benevolent Fund on behalf of UK veterans and their families. Seriously, it'll take you two minutes to go to that link, learn more about the trek, and if you're able, click on the donate button. Maybe give the price of a cup of coffee. It will make a difference.
Now, while I was gone, I may have missed out on important news, but I know that thanks to the most excellent Mike Slater, PDB listeners, well, you stayed informed and up to date. I want to thank Mike for stepping in and working with our PDB team. It's very much appreciated. All right. Let's get briefed. The purge, well, has begun.
President Trump has launched a sweeping removal of Biden appointees from his administration, starting with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs or former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. He's also revoked the security clearances of dozens of former intelligence officials. I'll bring you those details.
Later in the show, speaking of personnel changes, a major shakeup in the Israeli Defense Forces as IDF Chief of Staff and the head of the Israeli Southern Command announced their resignations, citing failures leading to Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. Plus, as the ceasefire holds in Gaza, the IDF initiated a major counterterrorist operation in the West Bank that's expected to last several days.
And in today's back of the brief, one of Biden's final acts as president is now under fire. The now former president pardoned a man convicted of killing two FBI agents, sparking outrage within the ranks of top law enforcement officials. But first, today's PDB Spotlight. President Donald Trump may have only just returned to the Oval Office, but he's wasting little time in shaking up the D.C.
bureaucracy and delivering on his promise to purge holdovers of the Biden administration from government. Shortly before midnight on Monday, President Trump took to Truth Social to announce that he'd begun the process of identifying and removing more than 1,000 appointees from former President Biden's administration, closing out the post with his signature TV line, You're Fired.
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