{"id":2398797,"date":"2025-02-04T15:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-paul-calls-out-immoral-and-dangerous-scheme-operated-by-usaid-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T15:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:06:24","slug":"ron-paul-calls-out-immoral-and-dangerous-scheme-operated-by-usaid-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-paul-calls-out-immoral-and-dangerous-scheme-operated-by-usaid-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Paul Calls Out &#8216;Immoral&#8217; and &#8216;Dangerous&#8217; Scheme Operated by USAID in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fron-paul-calls-out-immoral-and-dangerous-scheme-operated-by-usaid-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398797&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In recent discussions about the U.S.\u200d Agency for International Growth (USAID), former Texas\u200c Congressman Ron Paul has\u2063 advocated for \u200dits complete shutdown, claiming it \u200bis integral to U.S. government &#8220;regime change&#8221; operations around the globe. In a video\u2064 posted on social media, he asserted\u2062 that USAID should be audited and then dismantled, suggesting that\u2062 American taxpayer dollars \u2064predominantly \u2062support foreign media outlets \u200dthat he views \u200das serving U.S. propaganda interests, particularly\u2064 in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Paul argued that \u2063the closure of USAID would\u200d be one of the most impactful actions taken by the Trump management during its initial days. He raised concerns\u2062 that USAID funds numerous non-governmental \u200dorganizations (NGOs) that effectively operate as shadow governments in foreign countries,undermining legitimate elected authorities. according \u2062to\u200b Paul, this interference contributes to various\u2062 U.S.\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-we-should-worry-that-kamala-harris-is-already-taking-foreign-calls-on-bidens-behalf\/\" title=\"Why We Should Worry That Kamala Harris Is Already Taking Foreign Calls On Biden\u2019s Behalf\">foreign policy failures<\/a> and manipulates the media narrative in countries like Ukraine,\u200d were he noted that\u2062 nearly all media outlets rely on U.S. government funding.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized the perception of the Ukrainian media landscape as severely lacking autonomous sources, stating that most reports about Ukraine come from government-backed outlets, thus perpetuating a\u2064 &#8220;closed propaganda loop&#8221; that feeds\u200b false data back to U.S. \u2063officials and the public.Paul emphasized the need for transparency\u2064 regarding USAID&#8217;s operations and expenditures, insisting that Americans have a right to understand \u2063how their \u2063tax dollars are being spent internationally. He \u200dconcluded that dismantling USAID \u200bwould significantly contribute to making America great again.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development is one of the best things the Trump administration can do, according to former Texas Congressman Ron Paul says.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Audit USAID, then shut it down,&rdquo; Paul said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RonPaul\/status\/1886556568323276940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video posted to X<\/a> in which he alleged that American tax dollars are the major prop supporting Ukrainian media outlets he said have been serving as &ldquo;American propaganda outlets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his video, Paul said, &ldquo;The closing of USAID may be one of the most significant changes President [Donald] Trump has made among many dramatic actions in his first couple of weeks in office.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Audit USAID&hellip;Then Shut it Down! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ooeFeQmAO3\">pic.twitter.com\/ooeFeQmAO3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron Paul (@RonPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonPaul\/status\/1886556568323276940?\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Paul called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-karoline-leavitt-pulls-insane-list-usaid-expenditures-reporter-frets-humanitarian-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USAID<\/a> &ldquo;a key component of the U.S. government&rsquo;s &lsquo;regime change&rsquo; operations worldwide.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;USAID spends billions of dollars every year propping up NGOs overseas that function as shadow governments, eating away at elected governments that U.S. interventionists want to overthrow. Behind most U.S. foreign policy disasters overseas you will see the fingerprints of USAID. From Ukraine to Georgia and far beyond, USAID is meddling in the internal affairs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vance-need-to-fix-the-debt-bomb-biden-harris-created\/\" title=\"Trump-Vance Need To Fix The Debt Bomb Biden-Harris Created\">foreign countries &#038;mdash<\/a>; something that would infuriate Americans if it was happening to us,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump froze USAID&rsquo;s cash, &ldquo;we quickly learned just how pernicious the agency really is,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S. media reported that Ukrainian press outlets were scrambling to keep their doors open when the U.S. dollars stopped flowing. It is reported that 90 percent of the media outlets are funded by the U.S. government!&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Paul said that in an era when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-announces-new-ukraine-surge-final-days-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden administration<\/a> was pumping billions into Ukraine during its war with Russia, the lack of an independent media in Ukraine means Americans have not actually known what it taking place there.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This means there is virtually no independent media in Ukraine, only fake news outlets willing to toe the U.S. administration&rsquo;s propaganda line. Does anyone think these wholly U.S.-funded &lsquo;news&rsquo; outlets would ever publish a story the U.S. government did not want published?&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is plainly immoral, but it is also dangerous,&rdquo; Paul said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Most U.S. mainstream media stories about Ukraine have their origin in the reporting of the local media. From battlefield news to casualties to the state of the Ukrainian military, the news from Ukraine is being written by U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">government-backed media outlets<\/a> and then picked up by U.S. and other Western media,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-10-years-ago-ron-paul-issued-major-warning-biden-heeded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul<\/a> called that &ldquo;a closed propaganda loop that not only propagandizes the U.S. citizens but also feeds false information into U.S. government outlets &mdash; such as Congress &mdash; that rely on mainstream U.S. media reporting for their news on Ukraine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;USAID needs a full and transparent audit. Americans deserve to know exactly what is being done in their name. Then the agency needs to be shuttered completely, and its employees sent home. That would go a long way toward making America great again,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\/usa-trump-s-foreign-aid-freeze-throws-journalism-around-world-chaos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reporters Without Borders<\/a> noted that &ldquo;in Ukraine &hellip; 9 out of 10 media outlets rely on USAID funding.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Others agreed that USAID props up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mtg-goes-scorched-earth-mike-johnson-ukraine-announces-try-remove\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian<\/a> media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many Ukrainian media may now face the threat of closure or significant reduction in operations in the coming weeks,&rdquo; said Sergiy Tomilenko, president of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, after Trump froze funding for USAID, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/us-aid-freeze-spells-uncertain-future-for-international-media\/7958494.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voice of America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In a video shared on X, he suggested, &#8220;Audit USAID, then shut it down,&#8221; claiming that American tax dollars significantly support Ukrainian media outlets that he describes as &#8220;American propaganda outlets.&#8221; Paul stated that shutting down USAID could be one of Trump&#8217;s most impactful decisions early in his presidency. He criticized USAID as a crucial part of U.S. government efforts for regime change globally and highlighted its role in funding NGOs abroad, which undermine elected governments targeted by U.S. interventionists. He pointed out that when Trump halted USAID funding, many Ukrainian media outlets struggled to survive due to their reliance on U.S. financial support\u2014reportedly 90% are funded by the government. Paul argued this lack of independent media in Ukraine leads to misinformation about the situation there and called for a thorough audit of USAID before its complete closure, emphasizing transparency and accountability for American taxpayers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2398798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ron-Paul.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37029,6991,16381],"class_list":["post-2398797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ron-paul","tag-ukraine","tag-usaid"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Ron-Paul.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398801,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398797\/revisions\/2398801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}