The Heinous Evil of Cutting USAID

About this episode

Nicholas Enrich discusses his whistleblower account of the Trump administration's impact on USAID.

Nicholas Enrich worked at USAID for more than 12 years, including in its Bureau for Global Health and Bureau for Management. He joins Current Affairs to discuss his new book, Into the Wood Chipper, a whistleblower account of how the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE allies shredded one of the most important humanitarian agencies in the U.S. government.

People in this episode

Host: Current Affairs

Guest: Nicholas Enrich

Topics covered

• USAID
• humanitarian aid
• Trump administration
• whistleblower
• Elon Musk
• government policy

Keywords

• USAID
• Nicholas Enrich
• Trump administration
• whistleblower
• humanitarian agencies
• Elon Musk
• DOGE

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USAID, Trump administration

Products: DOGE

Books & works: Into the Wood Chipper

More episodes of Current Affairs

• Money Is a Measure of Nothing But Itself · June 9, 2026 · 38 min
• The Fight to Unionize Amazon Isn’t Over (w/ Chris Smalls) · June 2, 2026 · 32 min
• Norman Finkelstein on the Insane Racism of Israeli Society and the Plan to Erase Gaza · May 31, 2026 · 1h 55m
• Secret Cable Exposes U.S. Role in Imran Khan’s Ouster · May 27, 2026 · 38 min
• The Democratic Establishment Can Be Defeated · May 16, 2026 · 11 min
• Israel OCCUPIES Lebanon During Fake "Ceasefire" (w/ Rania Khalek) · May 9, 2026 · 43 min