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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | March 24th, 2025: Trump Rushes Additional Destroyers To The Border & Key Houthi Leaders Killed In U.S. Airstrikes
24 Mar 2025
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, the Trump administration deploys a second U.S. warship to patrol the waters around the U.S.-Mexico border in a bid to further curb illegal migration and drug smuggling. Later in the show, as the American bombing campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthi militants of Yemen continues into its second week, U.S. officials reveal they have taken out "key Houthi leadership," including the terror group's head missileer. 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 Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Stash Financial: Go to https://Get.Stash.com/PDB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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It's Monday, the 24th of March. Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First, the Trump administration deploys a second US warship to patrol the waters around the US-Mexico border in a bid to further curb illegal migration and drug smuggling.
And later in the show, as the American bombing campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthi militants of Yemen continues into its second week, U.S. officials reveal that they have taken out Quixote leadership, including the terror group's head rocket man. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.
The Trump administration is intensifying their efforts to tighten American military control of the U.S.-Mexico border, deploying a Navy warship to the region for the second time in less than a week.
Now, officials with the Navy said that the USS Spruance, that's an Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, departed Naval Base San Diego on Saturday with the task of supporting interdiction efforts aimed at curbing illegal migration and drug smuggling.
Until recently, the vessel had been on a five month deployment in the Middle East defending against Houthi missile attacks, but will now patrol the waters off of America's western coast. That's according to a report from Fox News. Its deployment follows that of the USS Gravely missile destroyer, which was sent last week to the Gulf of America.
Of course, that's the body of water formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico on a similar mission. According to a statement from the Navy, the ships will help the U.S. military establish, quote, all domain dominance in the region and restore territorial integrity at the U.S. southern border.
Specifically, the Pentagon said that the Sprouts will assist in coordinating a robust response to maritime-related terrorism, weapons proliferation, transnational crime, piracy, environmental destruction, and illegal seaborne migration. General Gregory Guillot, the commander of U.S.
Northern Command, said the deployment comes as a response to President Trump's executive order declaring a national emergency at the U.S. southern border, which ordered the Department of Defense to provide resources and troops to support the activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
Guillaume said the move, quote, demonstrates our resolve to achieve operational control of the border. Now, as we discussed on last week's PDB, such deployments mark a significant tactical shift in how the U.S. combats criminal activity along the southern border, as historically, border-related maritime operations fall under the U.S. Coast Guard's jurisdiction. The presence of U.S.
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