April 16th, 2025: Trump’s Tariffs Crush China’s Chip Market & A Wave Of Narco Terror In France

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Fallout from Trump’s tariff blitz is hitting hard in China, where chip traders say business has all but collapsed. Following weeks of U.S. airstrikes, Yemen’s government may be preparing a ground offensive against Houthi rebels. France is rocked by coordinated attacks on its prisons, as gunmen torch vehicles and fire on facilities amid a crackdown on cocaine trafficking. Back of the Brief: Caribbean leaders warn Haiti’s government may soon collapse as gangs tighten their grip on the country. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Kikoff: Tax season is the perfect time to take control of your financial future. Get your first month FREE at https://getkikoff.com/mike Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.7	Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.
0:46.9	I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:50.2	All right.
0:51.3	Let's get briefed.
0:52.6	We'll start things off with more fallout from President Trump's
0:56.7	tariff blitz. Chinese chip traders now say orders have vanished, and for some, it's reportedly
1:03.4	gotten so bad that they're asking, what's the point of even showing up to work?
1:08.6	Later in the show, following weeks of U.S. airstrikes,
1:12.0	Yemeni government forces may now be preparing for a ground war to reclaim some of the
1:16.9	territory currently controlled by the Houthi rebels.
1:20.3	Plus, chaos in France, or, as they say in France, Le Chaos.
1:25.7	Where the nation's prisons have been targeted in a wave of terror attacks
1:30.0	amidst, say, drug crackdown. And in today's back of the brief, Caribbean leaders are sounding the
1:36.4	alarm that Haiti's government may be on the verge of falling, warning that the nation's powerful
1:41.7	gangs may attempt to take control. Well, you know, frankly,
1:46.0	gangs have controlled most of the capital of Port-au-Prince for months now. But first, today's
1:52.3	PDB spotlight. We'll begin with the ongoing fallout from President Trump's terror war with China,
1:58.6	which appears to be rapidly destabilizing the communist regime's
2:02.2	export-dependent economy. As we all know by now, last week President Trump hit China with a
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