PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 27th, 2025: Trump Pressures Colombia Into Submission & Violence Erupts In Lebanon Amid Ceasefire Extension

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🗓️ 27 January 2025

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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, the Trump administration claimed a victory over Colombia this weekend after forcing the country to backtrack on its refusal to accept deportation flights from the US. Then, as the White House granted Israel a ceasefire extension in Lebanon on Sunday, violence erupted between Israeli forces and protesters in southern Lebanon, resulting in at least 22 deaths and raising concerns over whether lasting stability in the region is possible. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.8	Thank you. It's Monday, 27 January. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. Let's get briefed. First, the Trump administration claimed a victory over Colombia this weekend after forcing the country to backtrack on their refusal to accept deportation flights from the U.S.
1:03.0	Then, as the White House granted Israel a ceasefire extension in Lebanon on Sunday,
1:09.8	violence erupted between Israeli forces and protesters
1:12.7	in southern Lebanon, resulting in at least 22 deaths and raising concerns, of course,
1:18.5	of a weather-lasting stability in the region is actually possible. But first, our afternoon
1:24.5	spotlight. Over the weekend, we saw, I suppose, what you could refer to as the
1:29.2	first real test of President Trump's strategy of wielding aggressive tariffs as a foreign policy
1:35.4	tool, and it ended in an early victory for the new administration. The incident began on
1:41.7	Sunday morning when Colombian President Gustavo Petro refused to accept deportation
1:47.4	flights from the U.S. carrying illegal migrants. Two flights sent by the U.S. military were reportedly
1:54.2	turned away, with Petro chastising the U.S. government for treating Colombian migrants as criminals.
2:00.2	That's according to a report from
2:01.3	Fox News. Well, to be fair, these early deportation efforts are directed against individuals with criminal
2:08.2	records or convictions. So there's that. Petro issued a rather bold statement, declaring, quote,
2:15.0	I deny the entry of American planes carrying Colombian migrants
2:18.8	into our territory. The United States must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment of
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