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USAID and NED Done For, Ukraine Project Lost: Ex-CIA Analyst

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

🚨WITHOUT USAID AND NED, NULAND’S INFLUENCE ‘GOES AWAY’

“I think she is right now facing prospects of becoming just increasingly irrelevant because the foundation for supporting the war in Ukraine is disappearing,” former CIA analyst Larry Johnson told Sputnik pic.twitter.com/UutMRoB5YB

— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) February 5, 2025

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