EPISODE · Dec 30, 2025 · 9 MIN
Trump Strikes Drug Traffickers in Venezuela | Trump Meets Netanyahu | Nvidia Invests $5B in Intel (U.S. Chip Manufacturing)
from Patriot Switchboard · host Harlan Mercer
It’s Tuesday, December 30, 2025—and while the week between Christmas and New Year’s feels quieter, the world doesn’t slow down. In today’s Patriot Switchboard dispatch, Harlan Mercer breaks down three stories that matter to us.First: President Trump says the U.S. struck a Venezuela dock used to load drug-smuggling boats—what it signals about deterrence and protecting our communities from the pipeline pushing poison north.Second: Trump meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago. Why Israel remains a critical ally in a chaotic Middle East, what stability looks like in practice, and why American leadership has to be direct and serious.Third: reports that Nvidia has acquired a $5 billion stake in Intel—why this is major news for U.S. high-tech manufacturing, supply-chain resilience, and competing in the global semiconductor race.This dispatch is sponsored by NordVPN.Follow the show, download the episode, and share it with someone who wants the straight story.
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It’s Tuesday, December 30, 2025—and while the week between Christmas and New Year’s feels quieter, the world doesn’t slow down. In today’s Patriot Switchboard dispatch, Harlan Mercer breaks down three stories that matter to us.First: President Trump says the U.S. struck a Venezuela dock used to load drug-smuggling boats—what it signals about deterrence and protecting our communities from the pipeline pushing poison north.Second: Trump meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago. Why Israel remains a critical ally in a chaotic Middle East, what stability looks like in practice, and why American leadership has to be direct and serious.Third: reports that Nvidia has acquired a $5 billion stake in Intel—why this is major news for U.S. high-tech manufacturing, supply-chain resilience, and competing in the global semiconductor race.This dispatch is sponsored by NordVPN.Follow the show, download the episode, and share it with someone who wants the straight story.
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