Updated on: May 31, 2026 / 6:34 AM EDT
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The following is the full transcript of the interview with Cindy McCain, executive director of the U.N. World Food Programme, a portion of which aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 31, 2026.MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Cindy McCain, who joins us from Rome. Welcome back to Face the Nation.U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CINDY MCCAIN: Thank you.MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, Executive Director, you have so much work on your plate, given the data shows a record high number of people seeking urgent food and livelihood assistance. We're just five months in to 2026. What's the trajectory we're on?MCCAIN: Right now, it's not very good, clearly, because of the- the large amount of people, number one, that are- are food insecure. Our ability to feed and feed at scale is not too good, because we right- this year have only received half of the money that we need to be able to feed the amount of people we- we are looking at right now.MARGARET BRENNAN: Half of the money you need, is that because of the U.S. cuts or a global pullback in helping feed the hungry?MCCAIN: It's both, it's U.S. and the global pullback. It's not one country by any stretch, but it's collectively everybody.
