Trump's decision to effectively shut down USAID is a disastrous act of cruelty and economic vandalism that also abandons American geopolitical interests to China.

“it's hard not to see this as an act of absolute barbarism cruelty economic vandalism social political vandalism call it what you want”

The sudden termination of USAID programs is both morally repugnant and strategically incompetent, as it will likely result in China filling the void left by American involvement.

“what they're doing in pulling the plug on usaid AC as you say across Africa who do you think is going to step in China so there's a geopolitical element to this that they're just blind to”

The international community should prioritize funding high-impact, low-cost solutions like education technology and maternal health instead of pursuing an unachievable, expensive list of goals.

“What we're trying to say is wouldn't it be fun if we could do a lot of it? We can't do it all, but if we could do a lot of it, the most effective stuff for very, very little money.”