Now it's time for the Anchorman podcast with Matt Gates and Dan Ball.

Welcome back to the Anchorman Show. We are here on location in San Salvador, El Salvador, and I've got a great friend with me that's going to walk through a lot of the flashpoints in Latin America right now. So you will end this episode knowing so much more about America's near abroad. And here's why that's important. A core feature of President Trump's foreign policy is to be less concerned about lands,

oceans away, and more focused on America's true interests. And that means America's actual neighbors.

What's happening in the Gulf of America is more important to America than what's happening in the

Black Sea. What's happening in Mexico and Central America

is certainly more important than how we assess an election in Russia or Ukraine. And so we're going

to look at some areas where that renewed focus is creating pressure points, maybe even

opportunities for success. And joining me for that discussion is my pal Herbert S. Mahan.

He's a political strategist here in El Salvador and watches a lot of these things closely.

And I really want to get into Venezuela and Columbia and everything going on there.

But first, you also watch American politics closely.

What would you tell my American audience about how folks in Latin America are viewing the

Trump administration thus far?

Absolutely.

Well, I can speak for the Salvadoran people as a Salvadoran citizen.

And I can tell you that the Trump administration has been a massive game changer for Latin America as a whole.

Because under the Biden administration, Latin America was undergoing a lot of turmoil.

There was a lot of friction. They had really bad diplomats that were really complicating things for governments all around.

Now we see leaders like President Trump and President

Buckele of El Salvador, leaders who put their people first. And it's very important to embrace these

kinds of politics, at least for our nations, that have a long history of turmoil, as you know.

These countries have been very violent countries in the past.

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