{"id":126327,"date":"2025-02-13T07:34:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T07:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/what-trumps-assault-on-usaid-means-for-the-world-podcast-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T07:34:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T07:34:58","slug":"what-trumps-assault-on-usaid-means-for-the-world-podcast-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/what-trumps-assault-on-usaid-means-for-the-world-podcast-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"What Trump\u2019s assault on USAid means for the world \u2013 podcast &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What will the world look like without US foreign assistance? Nesrine Malik reports<br \/>\u201cMy community, living here in the refugee camp, is already vulnerable,\u201d <strong>Sahat Zia<\/strong> tells <strong>Lucy Hough<\/strong>. \u201cI\u2019m very concerned, especially for the children and the women.\u201d<br \/>Sahat is a Rohingya activist and photographer based in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh. Hearing Donald Trump\u2019s decision to cut USAid came as a shock to Sahat. US foreign assistance is a lifeline for the many thousands of people in the camp, providing access to food, education and healthcare.<br \/>The Guardian columnist and writer of the Long Wave newsletter, <strong>Nesrine Malik<\/strong>, explains to Lucy just how vast and varied USAid\u2019s work has been over the decades \u2013 from providing disaster relief and the supply of medicines to democracy-building and the preservation of natural habitats.<br \/>The unexpected decision to immediately stop USAid\u2019s operations has led to chaos across the world. Nesrine describes how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/africa\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Africa<\/a> is the continent most exposed, with soup kitchens closed and HIV medication no longer available.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2025\/feb\/11\/trump-aid-freeze-endangers-millions-us-aid\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">The Long Wave: Why Trump\u2019s USAid freeze endangers millions<\/a><br \/><em>Support the Guardian today: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/theguardian.com\/todayinfocuspod\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><em>theguardian.com\/todayinfocuspod<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQX0pJNVh5UFM3bkd0VkZzTWZJclhlcy1QQmdqa1gtWXh3dVgwdzhBdFE2aEV5ZnlCbGxXT3Z3TDktbExnSVN4MEJuaHVKaERFSVdPNERwY3JBQVN4VUdJRWhxbHdnTlRtdk1wNmFrMUFONXlqZkNRSWpKNVRXTU8tSG9Wb05IYWtQM2Y0cVdZczh6WW9yanF5dkZLZ1M5eTZ1?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What will the world look like without US foreign assistance? Nesrine Malik reports\u201cMy community, living here in the refugee camp, is already vulnerable,\u201d Sahat Zia tells Lucy Hough. \u201cI\u2019m very concerned, especially for the children and the women.\u201dSahat is a Rohingya activist and photographer based in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh. Hearing Donald Trump\u2019s decision to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}