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PDB Situation Report | August 16th, 2025: Putin’s Crumbling Economy & Trump’s DC Takeover
In this episode of The PDB Situation Report: President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska for high-stakes ceasefire talks. Is Putin negotiating from a position of strength—or is Moscow’s hand weaker than it appears? Kyiv Post correspondent Jason Jay Smart joins us with insight. The Trump administration deploys the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and places the city’s police department under federal control in an unprecedented move to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital. Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, Zack Smith, weighs in on the legal and…
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