The President's Daily Brief

It’s July 7th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.------Today is all about updates. Five Big Updates on five big briefs that I’ve shared with you previously from around the world. First up, the Drone Wars. Ukraine used them to great effect in the early stages of their war against Russia. But now? Not so much. I’ll explain why.Second, COVID in China. Millions of people are getting locked inside their homes once again this morning, factories shuttered, all because of a few hundred cases of COVID in country of 1.4 B. I’ll explain why. Third, Violence in the Congo. There’s a brewing war between Congo and rebels in the east, backed by their neighbor Rwanda. I’ve got an update, plus a reminder of how this conflict could affect our economy.Fourth, Natural Gas Wars in Europe. Two big utilities in France and Germany are coming under government control this morning, all because they were about to go bankrupt. I’ll explain the latest. Finally, a wild brief about COVID vaccines. Tens of millions of doses getting dumped down the drain. All because nobody wants them anymore. All up next on the President's Daily Brief.------Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s July 6th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.------First up, the Pentagon admitting that it has very little control over where weapons go once they reach Ukraine. We’re going to discuss the risk of that startling admission, and what you can do to fix it.As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar.First, gas prices are down over the past 21 days. That’s the longest streak in a couple years. We’re going to talk about why that is, plus one forecast that gas prices could actually triple.Finally, a brewing fight between China and Congo to report this morning. And how it plays out could affect the price you pay for things like phones — and even electricity. All up next on the President's Daily Brief.------Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s July 5th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.------First up, Joe Biden attacked gas stations over the holiday weekend, adding to his list of reasons for why you are paying more at the pump. But is he right? And if not, why he’s doing it? We’ll discuss the facts.As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar.The Natural Gas Wars in Europe took a pretty dark turn over the weekend. A Senator from Hamburg, Germany told residents of his city to prepare for the rationing of hot water. We’ll discuss how this could impact not just the Germans but Americans like you.Finally, a major announcement over the weekend from Facebook’s management to its employees. The message: get ready for layoffs. We’ll talk about what Facebook is seeing that prompted that warning.All up next on the President's Daily Brief.------Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s July 4th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.------On July 4th, 1967, a man named Hugh Redmond sat in a Chinese prison. His captors had allowed him to write his family on rare occasion. And on that particular day he penned what would be his final letter. He wrote,“It just dawned on me that today is the Fourth of July. Did you have a big celebration with fireworks and all?” That incredible story of patriotism and sacrifice up next on this special Independence Day edition of the President’s Daily Brief.All up next on the President's Daily Brief.------Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s July 1st. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.------First, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that environmental regulators are not allowed to issue sweeping regulations due to climate change. Only Congress, they said, has that authority. We’re going to talk about that case, and why it’s really about who controls our lives.As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar.First, Monkeypox is spreading in the Congo. But not where it’s normally… found. And that is causing alarm. I’ve got the latest. Finally, China is trying to stop America from developing our own sources of rare earth metals. We’ll talk about what they’re up to and why. Plus, a quick word on Monday’s 4th of July podcast. It’s going to be pretty special.All up next on the President's Daily Brief.------Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s June 30th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.------First up, you’ve seen the headlines about the terrible incident in Texas where 53 illegal migrants were killed in the back of a tractor trailer. But there is so much more to this story, and I’ve got details that you need to hear.As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar.First, lots of news out yesterday about NATO. But there’s one thing that’s not being reported: America promised to send some jets to a country that’ll probably use them to kill our allies in Syria. I’ll explain.Finally, a record amount of America’s oil is being sent abroad, despite the need here at home. But I’ll explain why climate change policies are preventing that oil from becoming cheaper gas.All up next on the President's Daily Brief.------Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s June 29th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.------First up, an astonishing leak out of the Biden Administration yesterday, saying that Ukraine is not going to win without us and they’re going to have to give up some territory to the Russians. We’ll discuss.As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar.First, if you tried to buy a home lately but you got outbid, it might have been because your competition were professional flippers. I’ll explain what that is, the record number of these flips in America, and why that’s a problem for our middle class.Finally, we have pirates in the Caribbean. But not the movie. Actual pirates, attacking oil rigs off the coast of Mexico. But details of these attacks are really bizarre. We’ll discuss them.All up next on the President's Daily Brief.------Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s June 28th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.------First up, there’s a major new study out of Israel this morning on kids and COVID. Specifically whether kids get natural immunity once they’ve been infected, and how that stacks up to the vaccines. I’ve got the answers, coming up.As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar.First, a Chinese Government Official announced yesterday that his country would continue its Zero COVID policy for another five years. That’s a major development that could have major implications // for our economy. I’ll explain.Finally, an update on the Natural Gas Wars in Europe. Germany has a new plan to save its economy: they’re going to steal a Russian pipeline.Plus, some breaking news from the border. A heartbreaking discovery that only underlines how broken our border has become.All up next on the President's Daily Brief.------Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s June 27th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.------First up, You’ve seen the headlines, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe vs. Wade. We’re going to talk about how we might handle what comes next — using an old experiment out of Colorado and a very personal story of mine as inspiration. As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar.First, if you’ve thought about buying an electric vehicle, I’ve got some bad news: they’re priced at a record high. We’ll discuss why that is.Second, the odds of social unrest just went up in France. We’ll talk about that, why it’s connected to Russia, and why you should care.All up next on the President's Daily Brief.------Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s June 24th. You’re listening to the President’s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.------First up, A new argument yesterday from Joe Biden that renewable energy is really about national security. But will solar and wind energy really keep us safer from foreign influence? I have the answer, coming up.As always, I’m keeping an eye out for developing stories. Put these two on your radar.Word out of Mexico this morning that the Biden Administration has offered up 300,000 new visas to hopeful migrants, many of whom are waiting on the border. We’ll discuss.Finally, I have your emailed suggested on how we get Putin to the negotiating table. Plus a fairly audacious idea from some of my former intel friends.All up next on the President's Daily Brief.------Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices