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July 16th, 2025: Trump Tells Zelensky To ‘Make Putin Feel The Pain’ & Israel Strikes Syria Again
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: President Trump reportedly asked Ukrainian President Zelensky whether Kyiv could strike Moscow and St. Petersburg to “make Putin feel the pain,” following a tense call with Vladimir Putin. A drone strike hits a U.S.-operated oil field in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, igniting a fire and prompting accusations of terrorism against vital infrastructure. Israel carries out a second day of airstrikes in southern Syria, pledging to protect the country’s Druze minority from Assad regime forces. And in today’s Back of the Brief: questions still surround the…
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