The Guardian – On the latest Last Week Tonight, John Oliver examined the Trump administration’s gutting of USAID, the international aid agency once described as “the world’s single largest humanitarian donor”. Donald Trump, naturally, called it “a scam” where there was “very little being put to good use”. Oliver dug into exactly what USAID did and the devastating toll of its absence. Oliver also dismantled the claims used by the Trump administration to discredit and defund USAID.
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John Oliver on Trump’s Dismantling of USAID: ‘What this Administration Has Done Is Beyond Cruel’
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