‘Soft Power Suicide’: Samantha Power on One Year Without USAID | Big Take

On July 1, 2025, the US effectively ended operations of the United States Agency for International Development, the global aid organization founded in 1961, cutting most staff and moving it into the US State Department. Samantha Power, who led the agency under President Biden until early 2025, joins David Gura on the Big Take podcast to look back at what was lost, internationally and at home. You can watch their conversation — on Ebola, Iran, Israel and Gaza — on Bloomberg.com (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-06-26/samantha-power-on-trump-s-soft-power-suicide-video). We have a special Bloomberg subscription offer for podcast listeners at Bloomberg.com/podcastoffer. (https://www.bloomberg.com/subscriptions/podcasts) Hosted by David Gura; Produced by David Fox; Edited by Jeffrey Grocott and Aaron Edwards. Fact-checking by Laura Newcombe; Engineering by Emma Munger. Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information. The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters around the world. The context you need on the stories that can move markets. Every afternoon. Subscribe to Bloomberg Podcasts: https://bit.ly/BloombergPodcasts Listen to more of The Big Take: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0NPJB9wTuVsdzBVgFlcYQqN #Bloomberg #Podcast #News #Business #Economy #TheBigTake Visit us: https://www.bloomberg.com/podcasts Follow Bloomberg Podcasts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcasts Visit our other YouTube channels: Bloomberg Television: https://www.youtube.com/@markets Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/bloomberg Quicktake: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktake For coverage on news, markets and more: http://www.bloomberg.com/video ‘Soft Power Suicide’: Samantha Power on One Year Without USAID