{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf/679d1ce526b7b619fd769571?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Swamp Notes: Trump redefines America’s global role ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/1738349740217-ab10e026-bb5c-4a0a-b274-c6498a80b5a6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>American foreign aid supports everything from arms sales to HIV treatment. But this week, with the stroke of a pen, Donald Trump suspended nearly all of that aid for 90 days. The FT’s Africa editor David Pilling and US defence and security correspondent Felicia Schwartz join this week’s Swamp Notes to discuss how Trump is rapidly redefining America’s role on the world stage.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/40FEAwj\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze sparks global funding crisis</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4hhebfE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">US officials push to exempt Ukraine from Rubio’s foreign aid freeze&nbsp;</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/56a64b704f693a0300dfab7e/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here</a></p><p><br></p><p>Swamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson and Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/da789366-aef4-433b-9436-3bb442475dc8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}