August 20th, 2026: Putin Is Secretly Rebuilding Iran’s War Machine & China’s South China Sea Fortress
The President's Daily Brief for August 20 delivers a high-stakes global update on Russia’s covert military support to Iran, China’s rapid militarization of a new artificial island in the South China Sea, and worsening fuel shortages in Moscow due to Ukrainian drone strikes. The episode un
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