PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 31st, 2025: 'Pissed Off' Trump Threatens Putin With New Tariffs & China Attempts To Thwart US Deal On Panama Canal

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, as U.S.-brokered peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine drag on, President Donald Trump is turning his ire on Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, threatening a new wave of economic tariffs. Later in the show, China is pumping the brakes on a deal that would see U.S. asset firm BlackRock take ownership of two critical ports in the Panama Canal, jeopardizing President Trump's plans to wrestle away control of the strategic waterway from the CCP. 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 TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://TryBeef.com/PDB for 2 free Flat Iron steaks with your first box over $250 Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.8	Thank you. It's Monday, the 31st of March. Welcome to the BDB afternoon bulletin.
0:46.5	I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:50.2	All right, let's get briefed.
0:52.5	At first, as US-brokered peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine drag on,
0:58.3	President Trump is expressing irritation or anger with Russian President Putin, threatening
1:04.0	a new wave of economic tariffs.
1:06.6	Apparently, there's concern at the White House that Putin may be dragging his feet on the subject of negotiations.
1:12.9	Really? Maybe?
1:15.0	Perhaps because he's not actually interested in wrapping up his war in Ukraine.
1:19.8	Later in the show, China is making apparent moves to slow down or block a deal that would see U.S. asset firm BlackRock take ownership of two critical
1:29.1	ports in the Panama Canal from Hong Kong entity C.K. Hutchinson, jeopardizing President Trump's
1:36.2	plan to wrestle away control of the strategic waterway from the Chinese Communist Party.
1:41.5	But first, today's afternoon spotlight, President Trump appears to be
1:45.4	losing patience with President Putin, issuing a rare rebuke of the Russian leader amid increasingly
1:51.5	tenuous peace negotiations. In a phone interview with NBC News on Sunday, President Trump said
1:57.8	he's, quote, pissed off at Putin. I don't know if there's a Russian translation
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