The President's Daily Brief
May 22nd, 2025: Leaked Intel: Israel Poised To Strike Iran’s Nuclear Sites & Ukrainian Official Assassinated
22 May 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Startling new intelligence suggests Israel is preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as the U.S. pursues diplomacy with Tehran. A gruesome discovery in Mexico—authorities uncover a suspected cartel “death camp” where victims were tortured, incinerated, and buried. A political assassination in Spain—A former Ukrainian official with ties to the pro-Russian regime is gunned down outside an American school in Madrid. And in today’s Back of the Brief: Canada is in talks to join President Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense system. We’ll explore what that means for North American security. 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 Kikoff: Build credit fast and get your first month for just a dollar at https://GetKikoff.com/mike today. Thanks to Kikoff for sponsoring us! Jacked Up Fitness: Go to https://GetJackedUp.com and use code BAKER at checkout to save 10% off your entire purchase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Episode
It's Thursday, the 22nd 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. We'll kick things off with revealing new intelligence. U.S.
officials believe that Israel is preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, setting the stage for possible conflict, even as Washington pursues a diplomatic path with the mullahs. Later in the show, a shocking look at cartel brutality south of the US border.
Officials have uncovered another suspected death camp in rural Mexico, this time a 40-acre ranch where victims were allegedly tortured, murdered, and incinerated. Plus, a murder mystery in Spain. A former top Ukrainian official with deep ties to the pro-Russian regime is gunned down outside an American school in Madrid, Spain.
And in today's back of the brief, Canada is considering joining President Trump's ambitious new missile defense program, dubbed the Golden Dome. We'll take a look at why Canada wants in and what it means for North American security. But first, today's PDB Spotlight.
We'll begin today with reports that Israel may make good on their threat to go it alone against Iran if the Trump administration attempts to pursue a new nuclear deal that Jerusalem views as too weak. Newly intercepted intelligence shared exclusively with CNN by multiple U.S. officials
suggests Israel was already making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, a move that could kick off a fresh conflict in the Middle East and would represent a serious break with President Trump, who's still hoping to find a diplomatic solution to Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Of course, well, not to put too fine a point on it, but the Iranian regime doesn't represent an existential threat to the U.S. It does, however, represent an existential threat to Israel. So, Israel and the U.S. naturally view Iran from different perspectives, which, of course, earns me the PDB statement of the obvious award for the day.
The officials stressed that it remains unclear if Israeli leaders have made a final decision on whether or not to attack, but said the likelihood, quote, has gone up significantly in recent months, particularly as Jerusalem grows increasingly frustrated with the Trump administration's approach to Middle East diplomacy.
They point to recently intercepted Israeli communications along with observations of Israeli military movements that suggest that a strike could be imminent.
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