The President's Daily Brief
January 9th, 2025: World Reacts To Trump's Threats Of Expansion & Russia's Troop Losses Fuel Fears Of Population Collapse
09 Jan 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We’ll begin with an update on President-elect Donald Trump’s bombshell press conference on Tuesday, as world leaders react to his threats of American expansion through economic coercion and, potentially, military force. Later in the show, Russia’s troop losses in Ukraine just passed another grizzly milestone, as experts warn that Russia faces a “demographic timebomb” that could lead to a devastating population collapse. Plus, Iran, catastrophically weakened by their proxy war on Israel, is reportedly rushing to recoup 25 million barrels of oil from China before Donald Trump returns to office and tightens sanctions on their energy exports. In our 'Back of the Brief' segment, the Israeli military said on Wednesday that IDF forces have recovered the body of a hostage taken from Israel during the 7 October attacks, as well as another set of remains that may belong to the man’s captive son. 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 Thursday, 9 January. 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. Today, an update on President-elect Donald Trump's headline-grabbing press conference from Tuesday as world leaders react to his suggestions of American expansion through economic coercion and potentially military force.
Later in the show, Russia's troop losses in Ukraine just passed another grim milestone, as experts warn that Russia faces a, quote, demographic time bomb that could lead to a devastating population collapse. Well, thanks, Vladimir Putin.
Plus, Iran, seriously weakened by their proxy war on Israel, is reportedly rushing to recoup 25 million barrels of oil from China before Donald Trump returns to office and tightens sanctions on their energy exports.
And in today's Back of the Brief, news out of Gaza, where Israeli forces have just recovered the body of a hostage held in the enclave, as well as evidence that raises questions about the state of another related captive. But first, today's PDB Spotlight.
We'll begin with the global fallout over President-elect Donald Trump's threats to carve out a new sphere of influence for America by seizing or otherwise acquiring overseas territories, including from NATO allies. As we discussed on yesterday's PDB,
Trump gave one of his trademark headline-grabbing press conferences on Tuesday, where he outlined a second-term foreign policy agenda rooted not in global alliances and free trade, but in economic coercion and potentially unilateral U.S. military action.
The president-elect spoke of his intention to acquire Greenland, the Panama Canal, and even Canada, arguing that they're vital to securing America's economic and security interests from the threat of Chinese and Russian expansion. Now, regarding Canada, Trump ruled out seizing the country through military force. Well, that's good. But said the U.S.
could likely annex Canada by applying economic pressure through steep tariffs on their exports. As roughly 75% of Canadian exports go directly to the U.S., Trump said extreme tariffs would leave our northern neighbors with little choice but to join America as the 51st state to avoid financial ruin. Well, as you might imagine, world leaders are doing what they always do regarding Trump.
Well, first they're taking his comments literally, and then they're heading for the fainting couch. Canada's foreign minister fired back that they would, quote, never back down in the face of threats, and said Trump's comments show a, quote, complete lack of understanding of what makes Canada a strong country, eh? Okay, I added eh, hoser.
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