The President's Daily Brief
April 21st, 2025: Signs Emerging That Trump’s Tariff Strategy May Be Working & The ‘Easter Truce’ That Wasn’t
21 Apr 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: President Trump’s tariff strategy appears to be yielding results, with Japan, Indonesia, and others signaling trade deals that could open up massive markets to American exports. Russia’s so-called Easter ceasefire proved hollow, as its military continued launching attacks across Ukraine despite Putin’s pledge. A suspected terrorist long wanted by India has been arrested on American soil—a big development in the growing counterterrorism partnership between Washington and New Delhi. And in today’s Back of the Brief: The Pentagon confirms a substantial drawdown of U.S. troops from Syria, following reports we first brought you last week. 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. StopBox: Get firearm security redesigned and save with BOGO the StopBox Pro AND 10% OFF @StopBoxUSA with code PDB at http://stopboxusa.com/PDB ! #stopboxpod Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://TryBeef.com/PDB for 2 free Flat Iron steaks with your first box over $250. Plus, for a limited time enjoy 5% off on almost everything site-wide excluding subscriptions and B-stock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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It's Monday, the 21st of April. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. And for those of you celebrating, I hope that you had a very happy and peaceful Easter. Alright, let's get briefed. We'll start things off today with signs that the Trump White House's tariff strategy may be paying off.
Japan, Indonesia and others are offering deals and opening their markets of hundreds of millions of people to American goods. I'll have those details. Later in the show. It was the Easter ceasefire that never was. Despite Vladimir Putins announcement of a holiday truce, Russian forces pressed ahead with attacks in Ukraine.
And perhaps at some point folks will realize that Putin has no interest in stopping his war at this time. Unless, of course, he feels the pain, he's not coming to the negotiating table. Plus, an accused terrorist wanted by India has been captured on US soil, marking a major win for New Delhi and a notable moment in US-India cooperation.
And in today's Back of the Brief, a follow-up on a story we brought you last week, as the Pentagon officially announces that the US will be withdrawing a significant number of troops from Syria. But first, today's PDB Spotlight. I wanted to start today with a story you're not seeing on the front pages, but one that suggests President Trump's tariff policy might be working.
Now, I'm no economist, I know that surprises you, but I'm not half bad at recognizing patterns. And over the past several days, a fairly clear one has begun emerging. Countries are either announcing or considering plans to boost imports of US goods, moves that are clearly aimed at appeasing President Trump into lifting tariffs.
According to reports, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and Bangladesh are amongst a number of nations planning to offer up concessions. We're talking everything from soybeans and cotton to liquefied natural gas and high-end industrial equipment. And together, those four countries alone represent a combined population of more than 640 million people. That's nearly twice the size of the US.
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