In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:

President Trump signals he’s ready for direct talks with Nicolás Maduro—even as Washington labels the Venezuelan leader a terrorist.
Xi Jinping makes a rare personal call to President Trump to discuss Taiwan and Ukraine.
Russia appears set to reject the latest U.S.–Ukraine cease-fire proposal, suggesting the war will grind on through Christmas.
And in today’s Back of the Brief—a Russian drone breaches deeper into NATO airspace than ever before, triggering a rapid scramble by Romanian and German jets.

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Wisdom in an Age of Political Upheaval by Michael Rowntree (Ecclesiastes 8:1-15)