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August 14th, 2026: Trump’s Plan to Economically Strangle Iran & Taiwan Rehearses for Invasion
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: • First up—Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the United States can maintain its naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, signaling that Washington may be preparing for a prolonged economic war of endurance with Tehran. • Later in the show—Taiwan holds massive invasion drills as tensions with China rise, testing everything from civilian air-raid responses to the coast guard’s role in stopping an amphibious assault. • Plus—Russia pounds Ukraine’s largest grain-export port on the Danube as President Zelenskiy warns Kyiv still needs more Patriot…
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