Will President Donald Trump end America’s corrupt foreign aid program and democracy promotion con games? Levan Akhalaia, a reporter with Georgian Public Broadcasting, and I had a lively conversation on that topic last week. Mr. Akhalaia has shown a lot of courage condemning brutal police attacks on protestors in recent times.
Below is a rough translation of the Georgian language article on our discussion, which can be read here. Here is a link to a Spotify audio version of the discussion with my voice dubbed into Georgian. And here is a link to a translation via Edge, reposted below with Akhalaia’s words italicized.
The article is an interesting interview with Georgian TV with a wide ranging exploration of what the Trump administration is doing and not doing with highlights on what the effects on other governments will be. Georgia is the country that has made it more difficult for NGOs to do their dirty deeds without being known and making them known to the public. This is a very interesting idea in and of itself. Make the NGOs transparent to the public on where their money is coming from and where it is going. Maybe we should think of the same kind of laws.