The President's Daily Brief
May 16th, 2025: Trump Claims US Close To Nuclear Deal With Iran & How Tehran Leverages Global Crime Syndicates For Targeted Assassinations
16 May 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First, President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that the U.S. and Iran are close to reaching a new nuclear deal, saying that the mullahs have “sort of” agreed to terms, after White House officials presented Tehran with a new proposal on Sunday. But Iran is denying the reports of a new proposal, and say 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 “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 assassination and kidnapping operations, leveraging criminal gangs to carry out their dirty work. In our '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 the details. 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 DeleteMe: Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you text PDB to 64000. Message and data rates apply 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
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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.
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