Why Trump Is Targeting Foreign Aid, with Atul Gawande
The Political Scene Podcast“You cannot pause a plane in midflight and expect that everything is going to be O.K.,” Gawande says. “That’s what they were trying to do with lifesaving health and humanitarian assistance around the world.”Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.The Washington Roundtable is joined by Atul Gawande, the former head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, to discuss Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s rapid-fire dismantling of the agency. They explore the life-and-death implications of the Trump Administration ending foreign aid, why the agency was targeted, and which federal agencies might be next.This week’s reading:“Behind the Chaotic Attempt to Freeze Federal Assistance,” by Atul Gawande“Elon Musk’s Revolutionary Terror,” by Susan B. Glasser“Donald Trump’s Madness on Gaza,” by David Remnick“How Donald Trump Is Transforming Executive Power,” by Isaac Chotiner“What Happened to the Trump Resistance?” by Brady Brickner-Wood“Donald Trump’s Anti-Woke Wrecking Ball,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells“Trump’s Trade War Is Only Getting Going,” by John CassidyTune in wherever you get your podcasts.
“You cannot pause a plane in midflight and expect that everything is going to be O.K.,” Gawande says. “That’s what they were trying to do with lifesaving health and humanitarian assistance around the world.”
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen
Sign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.
The Washington Roundtable is joined by Atul Gawande, the former head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, to discuss Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s rapid-fire dismantling of the agency. They explore the life-and-death implications of the Trump Administration ending foreign aid, why the agency was targeted, and which federal agencies might be next.
This week’s reading:
- “Behind the Chaotic Attempt to Freeze Federal Assistance,” by Atul Gawande
- “Elon Musk’s Revolutionary Terror,” by Susan B. Glasser
- “Donald Trump’s Madness on Gaza,” by David Remnick
- “How Donald Trump Is Transforming Executive Power,” by Isaac Chotiner
- “What Happened to the Trump Resistance?” by Brady Brickner-Wood
- “Donald Trump’s Anti-Woke Wrecking Ball,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells
- “Trump’s Trade War Is Only Getting Going,” by John Cassidy
Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.
