SITREP #7: Tariff Battles, Panama Canal, USAID, & “The Gaza Riviera”
Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
4.6 • 16K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The Situation Report for January 24 – February 5th. Rep. Crenshaw analyzes the recent tariff battles with Colombia, Mexico, and Canada. He covers the U.S. interest in the Panama Canal and how China became a major player in the region. And he explains everything you need to know about what DOGE exposed at USAID and President Trump’s huge announcement about his vision for the future of Gaza and the Middle East. All the real news and clear analysis you need to know in less than 30 minutes.
How the tariff battles with Colombia, Mexico, and Canada played out
Hope on the horizon for Mexico’s cooperation in fighting the cartels
Why the Panama Canal matters to us
China’s influence over the Panama Canal
DOGE and USAID: The good, bad, and ugly sides of U.S. foreign aid
Trump makes moves to dismantle the Department of Education
The implications of Trump’s major announcement about Gaza
The rationale for redeveloping Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East”
The latest on Trump’s cabinet nominations
The HALT Fentanyl Act
Recommended reading: The US Looks South
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| 0:00.0 | We hold these truths to be self-evident. |
| 0:02.1 | That all men are creed. |
| 0:04.0 | As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office. |
| 0:07.3 | Experts on what they're talking about. |
| 0:09.0 | This is the podcast for insights into the issues. |
| 0:11.6 | China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions. |
| 0:16.0 | Breaking it down into simple terms. |
| 0:18.0 | We hold. |
| 0:18.7 | We hold these truths. |
| 0:20.1 | We hold these truths. With Dan Crenshaw. |
| 0:24.0 | Situation report number seven. This is your news sit rep. We sift through all of it accurately, |
| 0:31.0 | analytically, so that you don't have to. So today we are covering January 24th to February 5th and there is a lot to cover |
| 0:39.6 | tariffs cabinet picks Gaza, Panama, quite a bit. So it's been two weeks into Trump's second |
| 0:46.2 | term in the news cycle and the world has been completely reshaped by warp speed changes coming |
| 0:51.0 | from this White House. Worth noting, unlike in 2016 when Trump and as a team were honestly still learning the inner workings of the federal government, they've now had eight years to plan the policies they want to implement. |
| 1:03.0 | A lot of those policies have been planned and written down well in advance, mostly by the America First Policy Institute. So they are ready to hit the ground running, if you haven't noticed. |
| 1:14.6 | Tariffs, you've definitely noticed the conversation on tariffs, |
| 1:17.6 | so let's talk about that. |
| 1:18.6 | Now, throughout the 2024 election, President Trump repeatedly made it clear that tariffs were coming. |
| 1:23.6 | Pundits and experts speculated on the potential benefits and drawbacks of a trade war |
| 1:28.9 | with various allies and adversaries citing past disputes that dragged on and led to negative consequences. |
| 1:35.4 | And this is all a fair debate to have. Tariffs definitely have tradeoffs, good and bad, |
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