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September 4th, 2026: Iran’s Economic Lifeline Is Starting to Break & Rival Ukrainian Agents Open Fire
In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief:
• America’s economic campaign against Iran is beginning to bite, driving the country’s oil shipments down 85 percent and leaving Tehran with only months of gasoline.
• A gunfight between Ukraine’s rival intelligence services wounds three officers and exposes a dangerous power struggle inside Kyiv.
• Pakistan says its security forces killed 15 militants attempting to cross from Afghanistan following a firefight that lasted more than a day.
• Syria begins destroying the remnants of Bashar al-Assad’s clandestine chemical-weapons program.
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