The President's Daily Brief - PDB Afternoon Bulletin | September 3rd, 2025: Maduro Regime Rages After U.S. Sinks Cartel Boat & Kim’s Potential Successor

Episode Date: September 3, 2025

In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: Maduro’s regime lashes out after U.S. warships send a Venezuelan cartel boat up in flames. We’ll have the details. Later in the show—a surprise guest at China’s big military parade: the rarely-seen daughter of Kim Jong Un, sparking speculation she may be groomed to become North Korea’s first female ruler. 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 Jacked Up Fitness: Get the all-new Shake Weight by Jacked Up Fitness at https://JackedUpShakeWeight.comBirch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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after the U.S. military targeted and destroyed a Venezuelan cartel boat. We'll have those details. Later in the show, a surprise guest shows up at China's big military parade, the rarely seen daughter of Kim Jong-un, leading some to speculate, and she's being groomed to become the first female leader of North Korea. But first, today's afternoon spotlight, America's buildup in their Caribbean has officially gone kinetic, and as you can imagine, the Maduro regime, well, they're not too pleased with the initial results. The first, the U.S. military says it carried out a strike against a Venezuela and

drug-smuggling vessel, killing 11 traffickers linked to one of the hemisphere's most violent criminal organizations, that would be the Tren de Aragua cartel or TDA. President Trump announced the strike on Tuesday and released a declassified vision. video of the attack shortly after. In the grainy clip, you see what's called a go-fast boat, long, narrow, and armed with several oversized outboard motors, cutting across the open water at high speed. Then the vessel is engulfed in flame and disappears in a cloud of smoke and fire. For anyone doubting the message of the strike, Trump hammered at home on social media. He wrote, quote, please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the

United States of America. Beware, he had that in all capitals. Thank you for your attention to this matter. And then he followed that with 11 exclamation points, just in case you didn't think he was serious. Anytime you see 11 exclamation points, you know that the fellow means business. Secretary of Stade Marker Rubio echoed Trump's message, albeit without the exclamation points, describing the incident as a, quote, lethal strike against a designated narco-terrorist organization. Pentagon officials confirmed that the target was a vessel operated by TDA, the Venezuelan gang that Trump earlier this year labeled a foreign terrorist organization. It's the first time the U.S. has acknowledged a direct military strike against drug cartels in Latin America. And that distinction matters.

For decades, the job of interdicting drug boats has fallen to the U.S. Coast Guard. Their procedures have been cautious. Board the vessel, demands surrender, fire warning shots if necessary, may be. disable the engines, the focus is on preserving life while seizing the drugs and arresting traffickers. A former U.S. ambassador familiar with those operations said bluntly, we don't just shoot up boats, end quote, well, yes, actually we do now. But under Trump's new policy, that's exactly what happened. No surrender, no boarding, just a strike to destroy the vessel. This is the clearest sign yet of the U.S. administration's expanded strategy. In January,

Trump signed an executive order, designated Latin American cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. That designation unlocked new authorities for the Pentagon, allowing the U.S. military to do more than just support Coast Guard operations. In February, TDA was formally labeled a terrorist group. By July, the Treasury Department had also sanctioned another Venezuelan network known as the Cartel de la Soles, allegedly run by President Nicholas Maduro himself and his senior military. officers for facilitating cocaine shipments in cooperation with TDA and Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. So yesterday's strike wasn't just some one-off interdiction. It was the logical next step in a broader shift from law enforcement to military engagement. Predictably, Maduro's regime is

acting aggrieved. Maduro's communications minister, though, claimed the video was fake, suggesting it was generated by artificial intelligence. Maduro himself has been on TV recently, warning the U.S. against further escalation. He accused Secretary Rubio of leading Trump down the path of war and promised that if Venezuela were attacked, the country would, quote, immediately pass to a period of armed struggle in defense of national territory, end quote. He called the current U.S. buildup, the biggest threat that the continent has seen in a century. Well, actually, the biggest threat that the continent has seen in the last century has come from the cartels and the death and corruption and violence that they've created. Rubio said in Miami that the

president intends to use, quote, the full power of America, the whole might of the U.S., to eradicate drug cartels wherever they operate. This marks a fundamental change, and now America fights the drug trade. Instead of treating traffickers as criminals to be arrested and prosecuted, Washington is now treating them as terrorists, legitimate military targets. That means the U.S. is not only hunting terrorists in the Middle Eastern Africa, but now also in the Caribbean and Latin America. All right, coming up next. Kim Jong-un brings his daughter to China's military parade. Oh, it was Bring Your Kid to Work Day, sparking speculation she's being groomed as North

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she's being groomed as the regime's first female ruler. Photos released by state media showed Juei stepping off her father's armored train in the Chinese capital greeted by Communist Party officials ahead of President Xi Jinping's big victory day parade today. Standing just behind Kim, the smiling school-age girl's presence underscored her growing prominence inside the regime, cast as the bell of the ball, at an event that is arranged and has been arranged as she's showpiece to mark Japan's surrender at the end of World War II. Now, Juey's prominence has not come overnight. Since her first appearance in 2022 at an intercontinental ballistic missile launch inside the regime, and frankly, what girl doesn't love a good missile launch, Jouet has been

steadily elevated. Within months, she was standing alongside generals at a parade, marking the army's founding anniversary. It wasn't long before state media began referring to her as Kim's quote, respected daughter, a title that all but confirmed her assent within the family's inner circle. From parades and missile tests to the opening of a seaside resort, she's become a fixture at her father's side. Most recently in May, she appeared at a war anniversary at the Russian embassy in Pyongyang, in appearance seen as a deliberate step into political and diplomatic spaces. Her identity, of course, was hinted at long before now. Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, who bizarrely is a longtime friend of Kim's,

claimed to have held Kim's infant daughter during a 2013 trip to Pyongyang. I will mention, though, because it's important, that Rodman was an elite rebounder and defensive player, wacky, to be sure, but that dude could play. South Korea's intelligence service later reported that Kim and his wife have three children, a son born in 2010, a daughter in 2013 believed to be Juei, and a third child in 2017 of an unknown gender. In 2024, Seoul's spy agency openly assessed that Juei was being groomed for succession. Her rise has unfolded alongside Kim's powerful sister, Kim Yo-Zong, long considered a central player in the regime's inner workings. Analysts argue that Juehueh is growing viscous. ability is deliberate. Kim is positioning her, not just for the elite at home, but for an international audience. A North Korean leadership expert from the U.S.-based think tank Stimpsen Center, put it bluntly, quote, right now, Juei is the frontrunner as the next Supreme Leader of North Korea. She's getting practical protocol experience, which should serve her well, end quote.

The international exposure marks a departure from family precedent. Kim Jong-il, Kim's father, or famously refused foreign travel and never presented Kim Jong-un abroad before his succession. By contrast, Chouye's appearance at Xi's parade signals deliberate preparation for leadership. Yet the succession calculus is far from settled. Kim, only in his early 40s, remains in relatively stable health despite periodic illnesses that result in occasional public appearance absences. There's also the question of the willingness of North Korea's entrenched military and party elite to accept a woman at the helm. For now, her expanding role, attending missile launches and parades and diplomatic events and now a starring appearance in Beijing, well, points to a carefully

coagraphed campaign by the leader of the Hermit Kingdom. Little rocket girl, apparently, is stepping out of her dad's shadow. And that, my friends, is the PDB afternoon bulletin for Wednesday, the 3rd of September. If you have any questions or comments, please reach out to me at PDB at the first TV.com. And to listen to the show ad-free, which you can do, become a premium member of the president's daily brief by visiting PDB premium.com. I'm Mike Baker, and I'll be back tomorrow. Until then, stay informed. Stay safe. Stay cool. Yamava Resort and Casino at San Manuel is California's number one entertainment destination for today's superstars. Catch the Jonas Brothers return to the Yamava Theater stage on April 30th,

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