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Thank you. It's Tuesday, March 4th.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right.

Let's get briefed. We'll kick things off with the latest fallout from Ukraine's

Oval Office clash with President Trump. Zelensky has responded with a statement that

could be interpreted as an apology. The question is, will it be enough to get U.S. military aid

back on track? Later in the show, a new trade war begins, as President Trump follows through on its

tariff threat, enacting a 25% levy on Canadian and Mexican goods, and doubling duties

on Chinese goods to 20%.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

This morning on the PDB, well, we told you about the

White House cutting off military aid to Ukraine. That was fallout, of course, from last week's

Oval Office meeting, where tensions ran high, oh, that's putting it diplomatically, between President

Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky. The sticking points? Well, Zelensky's perceived resistance

to peace negotiations under current conditions and the ongoing back and forth over a critical

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