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The President's Daily Brief

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 23rd, 2025: Trump Signals De-Escalation In Tariff War With China & Zelensky Rejects White House Plan To Cede Crimea To Russia

The President's Daily Brief

The First TV

News, Politics

4.73.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:   First, President Donald Trump is reportedly considering cutting tariffs on China "substantially," in the first real sign that the crippling trade war with the communist regime could soon de-escalate. Later in the show—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has poured cold water on a peace proposal from the Trump administration that would recognize Russia’s hold over Crimea, calling it unconstitutional. The comments come in the wake of an ultimatum from Vice President JD Vance that the U.S. may walk away from negotiations if Kyiv does not capitulate. 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 True Classic: Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at https://trueclassic.com/PDB #trueclassicpod Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold StopBox: Get firearm security redesigned and save with BOGO the StopBox Pro AND 10% OFF @StopBoxUSA with code PDB at http://stopboxusa.com/PDB #stopboxpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Please the media depressive from the every point of the officer to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

0:48.1

All right, let's get briefed. First up, President Trump is reportedly considering cutting tariffs on China substantially,

0:55.7

in the first real sign that the crippling trade war with the communist regime could soon

1:00.8

de-escalate. Later in the show, Ukrainian President Zelensky has poured cold water on a peace

1:06.0

proposal from the Trump administration that would recognize Russia's hold over Crimea,

1:12.3

calling it unconstitutional and an on-starter. The comments come in the wake of an ultimatum from Vice President J.D. Vance

1:17.8

that the U.S. may walk away from negotiations if Kiev does not capitulate. But first, the afternoon

1:24.9

spotlight. We'll begin with a potential breakthrough in the trade war with China, as leaders in Washington

1:30.2

and Beijing signal a willingness to de-escalate and possibly strike a deal.

1:36.1

Speaking at a White House news event on Tuesday, President Trump said he'll consider substantially

1:40.2

slashing his crippling tariffs on China to cool diplomatic temperatures, pending

1:45.4

new trade talks with the communist regime.

1:48.2

The abrupt U-turn from Trump, who has previously maintained a hardline stance regarding his

1:53.3

tariffs on China, came just hours after Treasury Secretary Scott Besson told attendees

1:58.5

of a closed-door investor conference hosted by J.P. Morgan

2:02.3

that the trade war with China is unsustainable, that's according to an exclusive report from the Wall Street Journal.

2:09.1

As a reminder, earlier this month, the White House hit China with a 145% tariff on most of their exports,

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