USAID and State: Smart way to save, or self-inflicted injury?
USAID and State: Smart way to save, or self-inflicted injury?  
Podcast: Federal Drive with Tom Temin
Published On: Fri Feb 28 2025
Description: The Trump administration's treatment of the U.S. Agency for International Development crystallized the move-fast, take-no-prisoners approach. Opinions have broken out all across the spectrum. My next guest argues that shrinking USAID and merging it with the State Department only helps U.S. rivals strategically. Steven Kull is a senior research associate at the University of Maryland's school of public policy and he joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices