The President's Daily Brief
April 25th, 2025: China Rebukes Trump, Demands US Cancel All Tariffs & India And Pakistan Inch Closer To War
25 Apr 2025
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: We’ll start things off today with an update on the U.S.-China trade war, as officials in Beijing demand all U.S. tariffs be cancelled and contradict President Trump’s claims that his team has been engaging in direct trade talks with the communist regime. Later in the show—India and Pakistan inch closer to war as New Delhi suspends a landmark water-sharing treaty in the wake of the deadly terror attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Plus—President Trump’s purge of the White House National Security Council expands, leaving key posts in America’s intelligence apparatus understaffed. In our 'Back of the Brief—the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog just issued a major warning regarding North Korea's ever expanding atomic program, calling on President Donald Trump to reengage in direct diplomacy with dictator Kim Jong Un. 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 Jacked Up Fitness: Go to https://GetJackedUp.com and use code BAKER at checkout to save 10% off your entire purchase 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. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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It's Friday, the 25th of April. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage. And look at that. I'm back off the road and at the compound studio, at least for the weekend. And then I'll be back out on the road next week. It's where's Waldo on a constant basis. All right, let's get brief, shall we?
We'll start things off today with an update on the U.S.-China trade war, as officials in Beijing demand all U.S. tariffs be canceled and contradict President Trump's claims that his team has been engaging in direct trade talks with the communist regime. Seems like someone's getting a bit testy.
Later in the show, India and Pakistan inch closer to war as New Delhi suspends a landmark water sharing treaty in the wake of the deadly terror attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Plus, President Trump's purge of the White House National Security Council expands, leaving key posts in America's intelligence apparatus understaffed.
And in today's back of the brief, the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog just issued a major warning regarding North Korea's ever-expanding nuclear program, calling on President Trump to engage in direct diplomacy with little rocket man Kim Jong-un. But first, today's PDB Spotlight.
Despite emerging signs that the Trump administration may be willing to de-escalate the trade war with China in order to strike a deal, leaders in Beijing appear unwilling to yield. On Thursday, Chinese officials demanded that the Trump administration immediately cancel all unilateral U.S. tariffs if they truly want to settle current trade issues.
They also directly contradicted remarks made by President Trump on Wednesday that the world's two largest economies were holding direct talks in recent days to negotiate a resolution. That's according to a report from Reuters. On Thursday, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry bluntly called Trump's claims about discussions, quote, saying, quote, China and the U.S.
have not conducted consultations or negotiations on tariffs, let alone reached an agreement, end quote. Now, the comments come just two days after President Trump relented from his hardline stance against the communist regime, saying he is considering substantially slashing his crippling tariffs on China to cool diplomatic temperatures.
On Wednesday, the president even expressed confidence that the U.S. and China would soon reach a, quote, fair deal. But Chinese officials don't appear to share his opinion or optimism and are holding fast to their own demands. The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement Thursday reiterating their intent to, quote, fight to the end and said, quote, If the U.S.
really wants to resolve the problem, it should cancel all the unilateral measures on China. That, of course, is not an option as far as the White House is concerned, and given that Trump is probably not one to kindly respond to ultimatums, the remarks threaten to sour the president's recent conciliatory overtures.
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