Russell Berman
Appearances
Apple News Today
How the Eagles, and Kendrick Lamar, won the Super Bowl
So the speed with which Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling USAID has been shocking to supporters and critics, pretty much everyone. And there have been attempts over the years to either reduce or to abolish USAID in the past. What Trump is doing is going way beyond even the most conservative or most aggressive proposals that were made for USAID.
Apple News Today
How the Eagles, and Kendrick Lamar, won the Super Bowl
I think the reason why they're going after it is because in the huge federal bureaucracy, it's kind of low-hanging fruit. People in the United States outside of the Washington, D.C. area are not going to be as hurt by cuts to foreign aid, which by definition go abroad. I think the other thing that they want to do is show that they can invest. enact major changes without Congress.
Apple News Today
How the Eagles, and Kendrick Lamar, won the Super Bowl
And so they're just, to quote a phrase that's been used a lot lately, trying to move fast and break things.