My name is Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by Faith. I was just talking to a friend of

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It's driving him crazy. And he's just checked out. If you feel that way sometimes too, I think

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Welcome to the PDB Situation Report. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right,

let's get briefed. We'll start things off with new fallout in the U.S.-China Terrafore. Perhaps you've

heard about this. Factories are idling, orders are vanishing, and the pressure is mounting on both sides.

Now, how much longer you ask, can both sides endure the pain?

Heritage Foundation's Preston Brasher's joins us to break it down.

Later in the show, we'll turn to the Middle East,

where the ongoing strikes against the Houthi rebels appear to be reigniting Yemen's decade-long

civil war, with government forces reportedly planning

a ground offensive against the wounded terror group. Bill Rocio of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

gives his insight. But first, today's PDB spotlight. The pressure from President Trump's sweeping

tariffs is starting to hit home in China. At export hubs

like Guangzhou and Shenzhen, so you didn't know I spoke Chinese, factories are going quiet.

Orders from U.S. buyers are being canceled. Inventory is piling up and workers are bracing for

layoffs. One export manager told local media he's never seen this kind of slowdown in 20 years.

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