Former State Department Appointee Matthew Bartlett

Amanpour

CNN

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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At midnight tonight, USAID puts almost all of its staff on administrative leave. Elon Musk says the agency, which is crucial to the survival of millions of people around the world, is being fed "into the woodchipper." This action would transform the US and its traditional role on the global stage. Matthew Bartlett was appointed to the State Department by President Trump during his first term, and he joins the show from DC. Also on today's show: Oscar-nominated actor Mikey Madison ("Anora"); Jonathan Chait, Staff Writer, The Atlantic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.3	I've been to numerous political rallies in the Republican side for many, many years. I have never once heard we should rip poor Africans off of life-saving drugs.
0:47.3	At midnight tonight, USAID will effectively disappear.
0:51.3	The latest blow as Trump upends US foreignS. foreign policy. I asked former Trump
0:56.4	appointee to the State Department, Matthew Bartlett, can the U.S. afford to end its soft power?
1:02.1	And later, we go to the movies.
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1:10.7	Anora star and best actress nominee, Mikey Madison,
1:13.6	joins me on set.
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1:18.6	Also ahead, an American constitutional crisis.
1:22.6	The Atlantic's Jonathan Chae tells Michelle Martin
1:25.6	why Congress has to push back on Trump and Musk before the damage becomes irreversible.
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1:54.5	seem to flip on its head, and parts of it even just shut down entirely.
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