Trump officials thought USAID 'just did abortions' before gutting it: whistleblower

USAID chief of staff Joel Borkert agreed: As a Republican, when I think of what USAID does in global health, I assumed it was just, you know, abortions.When Enrich explained that the agency fought tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and childhood diseases — and that interrupting drug-resistant TB trials could create untreatable new strains — White House liaison Adam Korzeniewski asked him to prepare Barney-style slides for leadership and suggested using the term Super TB to hold their attention.Korzeniewski also requested an Outbreak-style map showing disease spread like the zombie apocalypse.“If you can make one of those maps like they have in Outbreak, where it shows the red growing over time as the disease spreads? You know, like the zombie apocalypse? That would be great, very effective,” he said.When a colleague raised maternal health programs, including emergency interventions for postpartum hemorrhaging, a Trump official dismissed them as more of a number two priority.They're asking us to dig our own grave, one career official said as the meeting ended.