May 16th, 2025: Trump Claims US Close To Nuclear Deal With Iran & How Tehran Leverages Global Crime Syndicates For Targeted Assassinations
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Who is Mike Slater and what is Politics by Faith?
My name is Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. I was just talking to a friend of mine who said he hasn't been able to follow the news lately. It's been too much. It's too crazy. It's driving him crazy. And he's just checked out. If you feel that way sometimes too, I think you'll really like our podcast, Politics by Faith. We take the main story of the day and we run it through the Bible. What does the Bible say about this? It's amazing, but it's all there. And then God tells us what to do. We don't even have to figure it out. The answers are right there. He gives us the answers. Politics by faith. Please join us over there. You can listen to it wherever you're listening to this podcast right now. Politics by faith.
What is the latest update on the US-Iran nuclear deal negotiations?
It's Friday, the 16th of May. 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. First up, President Trump claimed Thursday that the U.S. and Iran are close to reaching a new nuclear deal, saying that the mullahs have, quote, sort of agreed to terms. Sort of. after White House officials presented Tehran with a new proposal on Sunday. But Iran, well, they're denying the reports of a new proposal and say that there are still large gaps to bridge in the talks. Later in the show, President Trump said Thursday that Gaza should be turned into a U.S.-administered, quote, freedom zone as ceasefire talks in Qatar stall and Israel expands operations in the battered enclave.
Plus, we'll look at reports that the Iranian regime is aggressively expanding their foreign assassinations and kidnapping operations, leveraging criminal gangs to carry out their dirty work. Now, this would be, of course, the same regime that reportedly plotted to assassinate Trump, that has built a ring of terrorist proxies with the aim of destroying Israel, and that has a track record of breaking any agreements related to their nuclear weapons programs. So, yeah, expanding their foreign assassination and kidnapping operations is certainly right in their wheelhouse. And in today's Back of the Brief, authorities disrupt an alleged plot to carry out an ISIS-inspired terror attack on a military facility near Detroit by a former member of Michigan's Army National Guard. We'll have those details. But first, today's PDB Spotlight. We begin today with an update on the nuclear talks between the U.S.
and Iran as leaders of the Islamic regime push back on reports of a breakthrough in negotiations. President Trump surprised many on Thursday when he said the U.S. was getting very close to reaching a new nuclear deal with the mullahs, saying they had, quote, sort of agreed to the terms of a proposal delivered to the regime by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff during the fourth round of negotiations on Sunday. Trump said, quote, We're in very serious negotiations with Iran for long term peace. We're getting close to maybe doing a deal. His remarks came after he said Tuesday that his team had extended, quote, an olive branch to the Iranians, though he stressed that, quote, This is not an offer that will last forever. The time is right now for them to choose.
Sources with direct knowledge of the talks exclusively told Axios that Witkoff had handed a written proposal to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqshi in Oman on Sunday, who in turn brought it back to Tehran for review by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Massoud Bazeshkin. While the details of the U.S. proposal remain unclear, the document reportedly covers the Trump administration's desired parameters for an Iranian civilian nuclear program, as well as requirements for monitoring and verification. But a senior Iranian official pushed back on the reports Thursday, claiming the regime had not received an updated proposal and that they would never compromise on their right to enrich uranium domestically. A separate Iranian source told Reuters that an agreement was not imminent as there were still large gaps to bridge in the ongoing negotiations. Still,
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Mike Slater and what is Politics by Faith?
0:00–0:51
2
What is the latest update on the US-Iran nuclear deal negotiations?
0:51–4:33
3
What are Iran’s conditions for a new nuclear deal?
4:33–9:49
4
How is Iran expanding its nuclear program despite talks?
9:49–13:37
5
What is President Trump's proposal for Gaza’s future?
13:37–14:56
6
How is Israel’s military campaign affecting Gaza?
14:56–15:54
7
What are the challenges in Gaza ceasefire negotiations?
15:54–17:18
8
How does Iran leverage global crime syndicates for assassinations?
17:18–22:23
Speakers
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