News - Trump and Putin Talk Ukraine Ceasefire, M23 Continues DRC Advance, Sudan's Forces Make Gains

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Danny and Derek reveal their true faces. This week: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agree to start bilateral peace talks for the war in Ukraine (1:05), with anticipated fallout for the latter nation (6:17); Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth makes some frank comments on Europe, Ukraine, and NATO (8:06); an update on the situation in Israel-Palestine, including Hamas threatening to delay the next hostage release over Israeli transgressions (12:06) and Trump continuing to push a US takeover of Gaza (16:53); in Lebanon, a new government is formed (21:22) and the IDF seeks to extend its occupation there (23:28); a Washington Post report suggests Israel might be planning to strike Iran (25:33); in China news, Trump reinstates a de minimis tariff exemption, but there is still no sign of a meeting with Xi Jinping (28:46); the Sudanese military is close to driving the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) out of the Khartoum region (31:20); the so-called Islamic State group appears to be on the rise in Somalia (33:36); a regional summit demands a ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo as M23 continues its advance (35:38); and back in the United States, Trump announces new steel and aluminum tariffs (39:03) in addition to presenting exciting new opportunities for corruption (40:57). News updates will also be on our YouTube channel going forward. Check out this week’s! Subscribe now for much more content and an ad-free experience. Join the Discord! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige.
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1:05.0	I'm Danny Bessner, here as always with my friend and comrade, Derek Davison,
1:09.0	and we are excited to bring you the news.
1:11.4	But before we get going,
1:12.8	I just want to do a little bit of housekeeping.
1:14.9	This is the first episode that we're going to do by video.
1:19.3	Basically, each week we're going to post our news episodes on YouTube,
1:23.4	and we're also going to do a new feature.
1:25.8	So, as you might know, we've started a Discord,
1:28.4	which you can join if you're a subscriber. Basically, people can leave questions for us in our
1:32.7	Discord, and each week, Derek and I will do a video discussing one of the questions. So please
1:38.4	look to the show notes for a link to our YouTube page, a link to our Discord, and as always,
1:43.6	a link to subscribe.
1:45.3	Now on to the news. Derek, let's start with Ukraine, and let's talk about Trump and Putin,
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