Radio War Nerd EP 499 — Trump's Wrecking Crüe + USAID

Recorded: February 7, 2025 We discuss Trump's headline-onslaught as familiar old GOP strategy. Then (at 1:12:00) we look back at USAID's dirty work from torture & assassination programs to post-Cold War privatization and state subversion programs. Reading:-"The murderous history of USAID, the US Government agency behind Cuba's fake Twitter clone" by Mark Ames, Pando, 2014-The Wrecking Crew, by Thomas Frank (guest RWN #239) Total time: 1:55:47Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio Check out the Radio War Nerd Merch store here! Order your print or ebook of John Dolan's new book Erdogan Pizza: Dispatches from a Violent & Grotesque World