Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Accuses USAID of Funding Euromaidan and Overthrowing Yanukovych, Calls It a ‘CIA Front

In a bombshell interview with journalist Tucker Carlson, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a candidate for U.S. Secretary of Health, accused USAID of being a “CIA front” and playing a key role in the overthrow of Ukraine’s democratically elected government during the Euromaidan protests in 2014. Kennedy’s remarks have sparked controversy, shedding light on the alleged involvement of U.S. agencies in Ukraine’s political upheaval.

Kennedy also criticized the CIA’s history of undermining democracies, stating, “The CIA has overthrown, I think, 83 governments between 1947 and 1997. That’s a third of the governments on Earth, and most of them were democracies. It doesn’t do democracy.” His comments highlight a broader skepticism about the true intentions of U.S. foreign policy and its impact on global governance.

The interview also referenced a leaked phone call between Victoria Nuland, a high-ranking State Department official, and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, which allegedly revealed plans to select Ukraine’s new government even before Yanukovych was removed. “A month before that government was overthrown, Victoria Nuland… had a secret call with the U.S. ambassador… where she is picking the new cabinet for Ukraine, which is a U.S.-Western cabinet,” Kennedy said. He questioned the legitimacy of such actions, asking, “Is that democracy when Victoria Nuland picks her government?”

Kennedy’s remarks come as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on his confirmation as Secretary of Health. His outspoken criticism of U.S. foreign policy and agencies like USAID and the CIA has drawn both support and backlash, particularly from those who view his statements as controversial or conspiratorial.

The interview also touched on broader geopolitical issues, including Tucker Carlson’s recent characterization of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “dictator” and Elon Musk’s call to eliminate USAID, which has spent billions on aid programs worldwide, including in Ukraine.

Kennedy’s allegations have reignited debates about the role of U.S. agencies in foreign conflicts and the ethics of interventionism. While some see his comments as a necessary critique of U.S. foreign policy, others argue that they oversimplify complex geopolitical dynamics. Regardless, his statements have brought renewed attention to the Euromaidan protests and their aftermath, raising questions about democracy, sovereignty, and the true cost of foreign influence.

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There are riots, and it’s called the Madone Rebellion in Ukraine, which we’re not told that we are financing those riots.

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The newspapers never told us, our government never told us.

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USAID, which is the CIA front, put $5 billion into funding those riots.

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Those riots lead to a coup d’etat against the first democratically elected government of the Ukraine.

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It was a government that refused to choose sides and to say we’re going to be on the side of the West, so we wanted them out.

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A month before that government has overthrown, Victoria Nuland, who’s part of the centerpiece of the neocon ideology and who is now a high-level official in the State Department,

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has a secret call with the U.S. ambassador, which is tape-recorded and is now public, which anybody can go and look up,

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where she is picking the new cabinet for Ukraine, which is a U.S. western cabinet.

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So they’re picking the new government a month before the old government is overthrown.

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Is that democracy when Victoria Nuland picks her government?

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Well, that’s the point, is USAID doesn’t really do, and the CIA don’t do democracy.

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You know, the CIA has overthrown, I think, 83 governments between 1947 and 1997.

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That’s a third of the governments on Earth, and most of them were democracies.

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It doesn’t do democracy.