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[https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking by Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester 28/5/25 ProPublica] | [https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking by Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester 28/5/25 ProPublica] | ||
American diplomats in at least two countries have recently delivered internal reports to Washington that reflect a grim new reality taking hold abroad: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign aid is bringing about the violence and chaos that many had warned would come. | American diplomats in at least two countries have recently delivered internal reports to Washington that reflect a grim new reality taking hold abroad: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign aid is bringing about the violence and chaos that many had warned would come. | ||
=====He led the 2014 US response to Ebola. He says USAID cuts will impact future readiness===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2025/03/02/nx-s1-5313045/he-led-the-2014-us-response-to-ebola-he-says-usaid-cuts-will-impact-future-readiness by Ayesha Rascoe 2/3/25 npr] | |||
That's Elon Musk, speaking Wednesday at President Trump's first cabinet meeting. It's a comment that caught the ear of Jeremy Konyndyk, who led America's response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014 as director of USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. Jeremy Konyndyk joins us now. Good morning. | |||