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PDB Situation Report | November 23rd, 2024: Ukraine’s Deadly Weapons Race & the Mass Deportation Debate
23 Nov 2024
In this episode of The PDB Situation Report: The latest developments in Ukraine, where advanced weapons are intensifying the conflict and raising fears of escalation. Bill Roggio from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies joins us to break it down. Sanctuary cities push back against the Trump administration's immigration policies, with hardliners like incoming border czar Tom Homan leading the charge. Jessica Vaughan from the Center for Immigration Studies offers her insight. 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 Patriot Gold: Call 1-888-870-5457 for a free investor guide. Blackout Coffee: https://www.blackoutcoffee.com/PDB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Welcome to the PDB Situation Report. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. We'll begin today with the latest developments out of Ukraine, where new weapons on both sides are fueling the conflict as if it needed more fuel and prompting concerns about a wider war.
Bill Rogio from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies will join us to give us the skinny or the 411, as the kids say. I'm sure they still say that. Later, with the Trump administration adding immigration hardliners like incoming border czar Tom Holman, sanctuary cities are pushing back against mass deportation efforts. So what's the path forward in solving the crisis?
Well, I'm glad you asked that question. We've got Jessica Vaught from the Center for Immigration Studies to weigh in. But first, our Situation Report Spotlight. Now, earlier this week, the Biden administration announced a major reversal in its longstanding policy limiting the use of U.S.-made long-range ballistic missiles known as ATACOMs.
The decision resulted in strikes from Ukrainian forces deep into Russian territory, hitting targets once deemed off-limits by the Biden administration. As expected, the White House's reversal and the subsequent strikes evoked a strong response from the Kremlin, which warned that the use of the weapons marked a new phase in the war. Oh, well, that would be the war that Putin started.
But Russia went beyond rhetoric, unleashing a new weapon of its own. On Thursday, Kiev reported that the city of Dnipro had been struck by what it initially believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile, or an ICBM. Ultimately, it was revealed that Russia had used an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile known as Orshnik. Well, that just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?
In an address to the Russian people following the attack, President Putin warned, quote, we believe that we have the right to use our weapons against military facilities of the countries that allow to use their weapons against our facilities, end quote.
For more on this, let me bring in senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and editor of FDD's Long War Journal, Bill Roggio. Bill, great to see you again, and thanks very much for taking the time with us. Pleasure. Thanks for having me back on. Oh, absolutely. Look, you were a crowd favorite, right?
We've been getting emails and texts and postcards asking when you were going to be back on. I don't get that much, so thank you very much. Well, we're just here for affirmation. So, Bill, let's start with a very specific question. When we're talking about the Russia-Ukraine situation, how screwed are we?
Yeah, it's a very concerning situation. Look, I find that the Biden administration... clearing the cranes use of long range strike weapons into Russia in between, you know, as it's going to transfer transition power to a Trump administration that has talked about negotiations to just be. You know, I don't I don't even know how to describe that. vindictive.
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