February 26th, 2026: Inside Nicolás Maduro's Last Days as Venezuela's Leader & CIA Launches Iran Operation

In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief:

• First up — new reporting reveals how a five-minute phone call between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro may have sealed the Venezuelan strongman’s fate, as misread intentions helped turn diplomacy into military action and, ultimately, a prison cell.

  
  

• Later in the show — amid mounting pressure on Tehran, the CIA launches a rare recruitment push aimed directly at Iranians.

  
  

• Plus — the United Kingdom slaps sanctions on nearly 300 Russian-linked entities after an email blunder exposed a network of illicit oil traders tied to Moscow’s energy and military sectors.

  
  

• And in today’s Back of the Brief — Russia accuses Ukraine of seeking to acquire a nuclear weapon with help from the UK and France, a claim Kyiv and Western officials dismiss as baseless disinformation. 

  
  

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