Behind the Scenes at USAID

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 30

Nicholas Enrich, former civil servant who worked at USAID under four administrations and the author of Into The Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID (Summit Books, 2026), talks about the effects of DOGE cuts on USAID, and of his efforts to publicize them and what the cuts meant for countries receiving U.S. assistance.

Photo: USAID packages being delivered by United States Coast Guard personnel. Credit: Photo courtesy of United States Coast Guard via Wikimedia Commons

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