It's February 3rd. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report.

A good day to you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Right Report, your Daily News, podcast.

I've got two big briefs for you this morning that are shaping America and the world.

First up, the Trump Tariff War is on with China, Canada, and Mexico.

We are going to cover the reactions out of each nation, along with the possible impact on your pocketbook.

We'll also cover how the promise

of these tariffs are already boosting manufacturing in places like Tennessee and Ohio, and that

is not an accident. That is the Trump strategy. More on that coming up. Second, we've got a slew of

updates about how President Donald Trump is upending your government, with more employees fired over the weekend,

from the FBI to the USAID. We will cover that news and that controversy, especially as he's firing

even more people involved in diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. But before we get to that,

let's get to our big news of the morning about the tariff war.

President Donald Trump followed through on his campaign promise to tariff China, Mexico, and Canada.

Mr. Trump said over the weekend that China will be assessed with a 10% tariff.

Meanwhile, the other two countries will get hit with a 25% tariff.

Those start tomorrow, which means we could technically

maybe see a last-minute deal. Seems unlikely, but hey, who knows? In any case, Mr. Trump said over

the weekend that the tariffs are designed to be penalties for each nation's failure to first

stop the sale of fentanyl, which, just to confirm, has killed hundreds of

thousands of Americans. Second, these countries have failed to stop the flow of illegal aliens.

And third, they're cheating. Mr. Trump says that they are taking advantage of our large domestic

economy through unfair trade practices. Interestingly, the president also warned that the European Union, they will

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