The President's Daily Brief - PDB Afternoon Bulletin | November 7th, 2024: Mexican President Refuses To Recognize Trump & Migrant Caravan Rushes To US Border Post-Election

Episode Date: November 8, 2024

In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:   First, we’ll begin in Mexico, where on Wednesday, President Claudia Sheinbaum initially refused to recognize Donald Trump as the winner of the U.S. presidential election until every last vote was counted. We’ll have that story, as well as other reactions to Trump’s victory from across Latin America. Then, a new caravan of roughly 3,000 migrants are reportedly heading to the U.S. border, in what Border Patrol officials describe as a mad dash to cross into America before President Joe Biden’s term comes to an end. 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.  Email: [e-mail].  Patriot Gold: Call 1-888-870-5457 for a free investor guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's the PDB late afternoon bulletin today, possibly the early evening bulletin. Apologies, but the travel schedule. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. Let's get briefed. First, we'll begin in Mexico, where on Wednesday, President Claudia Shinebaum refused to recognize Donald Trump as the winner of the U.S. presidential election until every last vote was counted. We'll have that story, as well as other reactions to Trump's victory from across Latin America. Then, a new caravan of roughly 3,000 migrants are reportedly heading to the U.S. border in what Border Patrol officials describe as a mad dash to cross into America before President

Biden's term comes to an end. But first, our afternoon spotlight. As world leaders called to congratulate President Donald Trump on his victory in Tuesday's presidential election, there was one notable holdout. Mexican president, Claudia Shinebaum, whom herself just assumed office in October. initially refused to recognize President-elect Trump as the winner of the election, despite the race being officially called in his favor in the early morning hours of Wednesday. Instead, Scheinbaum told reporters at her daily press briefing in Mexico City on Wednesday

that she preferred to wait until every last vote was officially tallied, according to our report from the Daily Mail. Shinebaum said, quote, there is news that President Trump won, but we are going to wait anyway until today. when some states finish counting, and we can give the official announcement. She added, quote, President Trump has already expressed himself, but it is prudent to wait, end quote. At the time of her statement, results from Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona were still outstanding,

though Trump had already cleared the 270 electoral vote threshold necessary to be declared the winner. While Michigan was later called for Trump, as of Thursday morning, votes are still being counted in Arizona and Nevada, and it does make a lot of the result. you wonder, why can't those two states get the job done in a decent amount of time? Shinebaum's statement was not a total surprise given their previous president's reaction to the last U.S. presidential election. Former Mexican President Lopez Obrador famously delayed congratulating President Biden on his victory back in 2020, saying he wanted to wait until legal challenges to the race had concluded. Despite Sean Baum's earlier statement and the fact two states still remain outstanding,

Later on Wednesday, she offered her, quote, sincere congratulations to Trump on his victory, saying she was eager to, quote, work together to advance the broad bilateral agenda that links us. She downplayed concerns in Mexico over potential tariffs under Trump, along with his promised crackdown on illegal immigration, saying, quote, there will be good relations with the United States, I'm convinced of that, end quote. Elsewhere, leftist leaders like Brazil's President Lula de Silva, along with the presidents of Honduras and Guatemala, expressed well-wishes for Trump, with Silva saying he hopes they could work together to advance, quote, peace, development, and prosperity. Right-wing leaders in Argentina and El Salvador were more enthusiastic in their reactions

to Trump's victory. Argentina's firebrand President Javier Miele congratulated Trump on what he called a, quote, formidable electoral victory, adding, quote, now, make America great again, end quote. He'll reportedly travel to the U.S. to meet with Trump some time before his inauguration in January. El Salvador's Naib Buckele was similarly enthusiastic and reportedly called Trump to offer congratulations around midnight on Tuesday, before the critical swing state of Pennsylvania had even been called. He later spoke with Trump on a call on Wednesday and said the American people had delivered Trump a powerful mandate to enact change. It's worth noting, regimes in the region with historically poor ties with the U.S., such as Venezuela and Nicaragua and Cuba

have not yet reacted to the news of Trump's return to power. Well, no doubt, they're busy trying to decide on the appropriate inauguration gifts. All right, coming up, a new caravan of roughly 3,000 migrants are reportedly making a mad dash to cross the U.S. border before President Trump's term comes to an end. I'll be right back.

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by Calvin Klein. Welcome back to the afternoon bulletin. I want to turn your attention to the U.S. southern border, where on election day, a caravan of 3,000 migrants began making its way north from Tapachula, Mexico, in a mad dash to enter the U.S. amidst fears that President-elect Donald Trump could close the door on asylum opportunities. Trump's first term saw strict immigration protocols, including fast-tracked deportations and, of course, the remain-in-Mexico policy, which left hundreds of thousands and makeshift camps along the southern border. Trump's second-term campaign, doubled down on these policies and proposed ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. The news of Trump's election victory struck a blow to many in the caravan who had hoped

for a Vice President Kamala Harris win, believing that she might support more lenient immigration policies. Well, I don't know where they would have gotten that idea from. Instead, with Trump's return to the White House looming, migrants see a narrow window to reach the U.S. A Honduran migrant traveling with his pregnant wife and two children stated, quote, we want U.S. authorities to see us as people who want to work, not harm anyone. Another Venezuelan migrant traveling with her six-year-old daughter aims to seek asylum via the U.S. Customs and Border Protection app before Trump takes office in January. Now, normally, at least the way the process is supposed to work,

migrants are to seek asylum in the first safe haven that they arrive in, not pass-through safe havens to get to the U.S. and then seek asylum. But, you know, why get bogged down? the rules. Under the Biden administration, the U.S. saw its biggest surge last year when more than 1 million people rushed the southern border in a span of just a few months after the end of the Trump-era Title 42 policy, which had temporarily restricted asylum claims as a COVID-19 measure. Since Biden took office, nearly 10 million migrants have been apprehended at the border, according to an estimate by the House Committee on Homeland Security. In September alone, Border Patrol reported

54,000 encounters. That's a slight decrease from August, but still indicative of persistent pressures at the border. In Eagle Pass, Texas, a key crossing point on the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants arrived daily, many led by smugglers through the Rio Grande. Early Tuesday morning, border patrol agents detained a group of nine migrants, including two unaccompanied minors after they waited across the river. Now, for most in the caravan, safety in numbers, offers protection against Mexico's violent cartels. But the roughly 2,000-mile journey north does remain obviously perilous, as a Chiapas state security spokesperson told Reuters

that a few families had decided to return to the state capital of Tapachula, deterred by the challenges ahead. The caravan's journey follows a group of 2,000 migrants who left Tapachula just weeks prior, making the same track north. A U.S. Border Patrol source commented on the persistence of these recent groups. stating, quote, they always make it. A testament to the Biden administration's lacks management of the southern border over the past three-plus years.

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