Presidents Day 2023

It's February 20th. You are listening to the President's Daily Brief. I'm your host and former CIA officer Brian Dean Wright. Your morning Intel starts now. It is President's Day and I sure hope you all get to enjoy a day off. Rest up or do something fun in celebration of the holiday. I'm actually gonna take part of the day off, but mostly I'll be reading and preparing for the rest of the week. So here are some of the developments that I'm looking to brief you all on with great stuff both here and abroad. First in update on our battle for the Pacific. Things in the island country of Fiji are getting a little spicy this morning. Allegations of sedition and insurrection. Second, we've talked a lot about the Wagner Group, which is Russia's paramilitary group operating in places like Ukraine and Central Africa, but who are they exactly? We'll dig into that. Third, a couple weeks back, we heard about the State of the Union. Well, I wanna give you a state of America's farmers and ranchers, and the reason for this brief has to do with chocolate milk. Fourth, I've got some US economic data that is pointing towards more economic trouble. All explain what it is and why you should care. Finally, some updates on dirty green energy for. The government of the Congo is telling the Chinese to pay up. They want more money for all of that dirty green cobalt. Plus there's a new battery design that could make that cobalt completely unnecessary. I've also got a listener question about that ammunition shortage in Europe that we talked about on Friday. David in Colorado wanted to know what type of ammo are we talking about here for say, small arms or artillery? Well, I'll give you the answer and explain why it is such a big deal and why lots of folks are struggling on how to respond. So all in all, lots of great news from America and around the world folks. But in the meantime, Enjoy the holiday today, and I will see you tomorrow morning as always. But until then, good day.