The President's Daily Brief - PDB Afternoon Bulletin | July 31st, 2025: Trump Issues 'Dangerous' Warning To Russia's Medvedev & Canada Throws Support Behind Palestinian Statehood

Episode Date: July 31, 2025

In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:  First—a dramatic war of words broke out between President Donald Trump and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev overnight, culminating in a nuclear threat. Later in the show—Canada joins France and the U.K. in calling for the recognition of an independent Palestinian state, prompting fresh tariff threats from President Trump. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold American Financing: Call American Financing today to find out how customers are saving an avg of $800/mo. 866-885-1881 or visit https://www.AmericanFinancing.net/PDB - NMLS 182334, https://nmlsconsumeraccess.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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saber-rattler and currently deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council to, quote, watch his words. And that prompted yet another nuclear threat from the Russian king of histrionics. I just made that name up, so if you want to use it as a nickname for Medvedev, feel free. We'll have those details. Later in the show, momentum continues to build behind an international push to recognize an independent Palestinian state. Canada is the latest country to throw their weight behind the initiative, following similar announcements from both France and the UK.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight. A dramatic war of words broke out between President Trump and former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev overnight, culminating in a nuclear. threat. All that happened while you were sleeping. The latest beef began earlier this week when Medvedev, a close confidant of Vladimir Putin, who currently serves as deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, ridiculed President Trump's sharply reduced deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. As a reminder, on Monday, Trump said he was giving Putin just 10 to 12 days to capitulate or face crushing economic consequences. Trump had previously set a 50-day clock for Putin to end the war

before significantly revising his timetable. Specifically, the president is threatening to impose a 100% tariff on all Russian goods, as well as on any country that continues to trade with Moscow. The idea is to isolate Russia economically, raising the cost of its goods so high that global buyers will look elsewhere, punishing not just Moscow, but all of its trading partners. India and China, for example, remain major buyers of Russian oil that would be at cheap discount prices compared to the global market. at prices, helping prop up, of course, Moscow's wartime economy. Medvedev issued a fiery response to Trump's deadline on Monday, saying, quote, Trump's playing the ultimatum game with Russia, 50 days or 10. Well, he should remember two things. One, Russia isn't Israel or even Iran. And two, each new ultimatum is a threat

and a step towards war, not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country. And then he added, quote, don't go down the sleepy Joe road, end quote. Well, Medvedev is, is quite the word Smith. He then turned his sights on Republican Senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham, after Graham demanded Russia, quote, get to the peace table or suffer the consequences. That's according to our report from Politico. While Medvedev raged, quote, it's not for you or Trump to dictate when to, quote, get to the peace table. Negotiations will end when all the objectives of our military operation have been achieved. work on America first, Gramps, end quote. I'm not making this up. This actually happened. These are actually barbs being traded between world leaders. President Trump initially let things lie, but well, you knew that

wasn't going to last. So he went on a social media offensive on Thursday. Blasting Medvedev is a, quote, failed former president. In a lengthy post, Trump said, quote, I don't care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together for all I care. Likewise, Russia and the U.S. do almost no business together. Let's keep it that way, and tell Medvedev the failed former president of Russia, who thinks he's still president, to watch his words. He's entering very dangerous territory, end quote. Well, Medvedev, appearing to revel in the escalating social media brawl, and, well, and frankly, to be fair, he doesn't have much else on his plate, hit back again, saying, quote, if a few words from a former Russian president can cause such a nervous reaction

from the supposedly powerful president of the U.S., then clearly Russia is right about everything and will continue its own way, end quote. He then threatened Trump with a Cold War-era doomsday weapon that's known as the dead hand. It refers to a secretive, semi-automated, well, fully automated, frankly Russian nuclear system designed to launch Moscow's nuclear missiles if its leadership is taken out. Mevedev threatened, quote, as for the dead economies of India and Russia, and stepping into dangerous territory, well, let him recall his favorite movies about the Walking Dead as well as how dangerous the supposedly non-existent dead hand can be, end quote.

Huh. For some context, Medvedev has long been a part of Putin's inner circle, filling various roles at the Kremlin, before serving as a placeholder proxy president from 2008 to 2012, as Russian law barred Putin from a third consecutive term. He then went on to serve as Putin's prime minister from 2012 to, 2020, before moving to his current role on the Security Council. He's a vocal supporter of the war in Ukraine and often serves as a social media attack dog for Putin, increasingly drawing Trump's ire in recent months. Earlier this month, Trump chided Medvedev for throwing around the nuclear

word in the wake of America's strikes on Iran's enrichment facilities, when the former Russian president said a number of countries were willing to supply Iran with nuclear warheads. At the time, President Trump accused him of engaging in irresponsible brinksmanship, saying, quote, I guess that's why Putin's the boss, and he put the boss in all capitals so Medvedev would get the point. The latest exchange has alarmed many observers. Well, yes, that's probably fair. Given the renewed volatility in U.S.-Russia relations, resulting from Putin's refusal to engage in good faith ceasefire negotiations with Ukraine, well, that's because he doesn't want a ceasefire. But some analysts say Medvedev actually offers Trump a useful foil inside the Kremlin to criticize it without having to directly

rebuke Putin. Meanwhile, Russia continues to intensify it somewhere offensive as the clock ticks on Trump's ceasefire deadline. All right, up next, Canada joins France and the UK in calling for the recognition of an independent Palestinian state, prompting fresh tariff threats from President Trump. I'll be right back. Hey, Mike Baker here. Let me ask you a question. What if you could delay your next two mortgage payments, right? I mean, think about that. Imagine putting those two payments in your pocket and finally getting a little breathing room. Well, it is possible when you call American financing today. If you're feeling stretched by everyday expenses and you know what I'm talking about, grocery bills, auto bills, utility bills, other bills piling up, well,

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Palestinian statehood. It's a move that will likely derail trade negotiations with Washington. In a post to Truth Social shortly after midnight, Trump lit into the decision, posting, quote, wow, Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard, he said, for us to make a trade deal with them. Oh, Canada, end quote. The jab followed shortly after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Wednesday night announcement that his government intends to formally recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly this September. According to Carney's office, his country's recognition of Palestinian statehood hinges on several conditions, including that the Palestinian Authority hold elections in 26 that exclude Hamas,

which has ruled Gaza since roughly 2007. Washington sees the announcement from Ottawa as playing directly into the hands of the Iran-backed terror group to undercut efforts to build a unified Western Front against Hamas. As we've been tracking here on the PDB, Carney's announcement makes Canada the latest domino, if you want to call it that, to fall in a growing block of Western governments pledging recognition of Palestinian statehood. The move is a direct result of mounting international pressure over Gaza's worsening humanitarian disaster, joining France and most recently the United States. kingdom. But the Trump administration has flatly rejected any such recognition. Earlier this week,

the State Department reiterated that the U.S., quote, will not participate in any initiatives to support a two-state solution while Hamas remains in power, end quote. Secretary of State marker Rubio was even more direct. Responding to French President Emmanuel Macron's recognition of Palestine last week, Rubio called the gesture, quote, harmful to ceasefire efforts, and warned that recognizing such a state while Hamas remains armed, amounts to legitimizing terror. Now, Trump is warning that Canada's decision may carry steep economic costs. The president has threatened to impose a 35% tariff on Canadian goods not covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement, unless Ottawa signs off on new trade terms by the looming tariff deadline. The president said, quote, we really haven't had a lot of luck

with Canada, adding, I think Canada could be one where they'll just pay tariffs. It's not really a negotiation, end quote. The timing of Carney's announcement appears almost engineered to provoke a blow-up. Trump, who's been pushing Western allies to throw their weight behind Israel, now sees Canada as the latest to break off in the other direction. And that, my friends, is the PDB afternoon bulletin for Thursday afternoon, the 31st of July. If you have any questions or comments, please reach out to me at at thefirsttv.com. And to listen to the show ad-free, well, you can do that, and it is very simple. Just become a premium member of the President's Daily Brief by visiting PDB Premium.com. And finally, if you can, take a minute to check out and subscribe to our juggernaut of a YouTube channel.

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