USAID and NED Done For, Ukraine Project Lost: Ex-CIA Analyst
U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland and Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, offering cookies and (behind the scenes) political advice to Ukraine’s Maidan activists and their leaders.
It’s been a helluva week in politics so far, with Elon Musk and the DOGE going after Washington’s favorite soft power tools, USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy, while President Trump proposed tying future US aid to Ukraine to its rare earth riches. Sputnik asked veteran retired CIA-analyst Larry Johnson to help unpack events.
With USAID and NED Neutered, Big Reason Behind Ukraine Crisis Gone
Ukraine Taught US Limitations of Its Own Power
📹 UKRAINE IS LESSON THAT US MOVE TO PICK A FIGHT WITH RUSSIA WAS BIG MISTAKE – LARRY JOHNSON
“The United States has been shown the limitations of its own power” after picking a fight with Russia, Johnson, a former CIA analyst and veteran political observer, explained pic.twitter.com/PXqfZj5iok
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) February 5, 2025
Trump Wouldn’t Be Demanding Ukraine’s Rare Earths If He Just Looked at a Map
‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’: EX-CIA ANALYST DISMANTLES TRUMP’S PLANS TO SEIZE UKRAINE’S RARE EARTHS
“Russia controls Donetsk,Lugansk. It is going to be taking control of Zaporozhye, Kherson. So where the rare earth minerals are located – Ukraine has no control over them” – Larry Johnson pic.twitter.com/uKiLDjVZLB
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) February 5, 2025
