The President's Daily Brief
June 4th, 2025: Media Backpedals on Gaza & Iran Enrichment Back on the Table
04 Jun 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: A major narrative out of Gaza is unraveling—and the media’s response? Double down instead of fess up. We called it out yesterday. Now they’re finally catching up. The Trump administration has reportedly offered Iran a new nuclear deal—one that could allow temporary uranium enrichment. We’ll unpack what’s really being offered. South Korea’s left wing returns to power after opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung wins the presidency, signaling a major political shift in the region. And in today’s Back of the Brief: ICE carries out its largest operation ever in Massachusetts, arresting nearly 1,500 illegal immigrants—many with violent records. 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 Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://TryBeef.com/PDB for 2 free Flat Iron steaks with your first box over $250 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Episode
It's Wednesday, the 4th of June. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. And still somewhere out on the road. It's like a real-life version of Where's Waldo. Let's get briefed. We'll start things off with a story we called out yesterday, and now the legacy media, or mainstream media, or whatever it's called, is playing catch up.
A major narrative out of Gaza is collapsing, but instead of owning up to it, the media is, well, repeating the same mistakes. Apparently, no matter what the evidence shows, many in the media are still willing to swallow whatever Hamas spoon-feeds them. Later in the show, the US has reportedly offered Iran a new nuclear deal, one that would allow for temporary uranium enrichment.
Now, that's a sharp turn from what top officials have been publicly saying. So much for that red line. We'll break down what may be on the table. Plus, South Korea's left wing is back in power with a win for opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung, setting the stage for a sharp break from the country's conservative leadership.
Now, a very good friend of mine from that country once told me that South Korea has a grown-up economy with a juvenile political system. And in today's Back of the Brief, a record-setting ICE operation in deep blue Massachusetts. Nearly 1,500 arrests, including violent offenders and gang members. We'll have those details. But first, today's PDB Spotlight.
I wanted to follow up on the story we brought you yesterday about that suspicious claim out of Gaza, the one that said Israeli forces opened fire on civilians trying to get food from the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF. The report said scores of Palestinians were killed. Headlines, of course, spread like wildfire.
The sounds of pearl clutching and backsides plopping onto the fainting couch reverberated around the globe. Well, it turns out that we were correct to be skeptical. That story, the one that splashed across front pages and news alerts worldwide, now appears to have been false, or at the very least, a gross distortion pushed by Hamas for propaganda purposes.
The Washington Post has already deleted its original post. In a public correction, the paper wrote, quote, We've deleted the post because it and early versions of the article didn't meet post-fairness standards. Well, who knew they had them?
They went on, quote, The post didn't give proper weight to Israel's denial and gave improper certitude about what was known about any Israeli role in the shootings. The early versions fell short of post-standards of fairness and should not have been published in that form, end quote.
The BBC has also walked back its initial reporting, while other outlets have opted for more quiet, stealth revisions of their reports. Here at the PDB, we hate to say we told you so, but, uh, oh, wait, actually, we love to say we told you so. But even with these corrections, it doesn't look like the press has learned much. Because just yesterday, again, an almost identical story emerged.
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