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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | February 3rd, 2025: Mexico & Panama Capitulate To US Demands & Trump Moves To Gut Major US Aid Agency
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, President Donald Trump’s unique foreign policy strategy is starting to yield results, as Mexico partially caves over Trump’s tariff threats, and Panama makes a big concession aimed at curbing China’s influence over their vital canal. Then, we’ll discuss this weekend’s drama over the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency seized control of USAID’s headquarters and locked out their employees, vowing to dismantle what officials say is an agency beyond reform. To listen to the…
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