Why Trump Is Targeting Foreign Aid, with Atul Gawande
- Posted on February 8, 2025
- By The New Yorker
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Why Trump Is Targeting Foreign Aid, with Atul Gawande
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“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.”