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Coincidence? USAID Funds Cut, Romanian President Resigns
hotair ^ | 02/12/2025 | dsavid strom

Posted on 02/16/2025 9:49:59 AM PST by BenLurkin

[T]he Romanian election was invalidated by the courts (at the behest of the European Union), and the incumbent president stayed on despite his term being up.

This was all done to "protect democracy," of course. Just as all the efforts to ban AfD in Germany are all about protecting "democracy,"

... European Union gets elections canceled due to "foreign interference." What can be greater interference than a transnational body canceling an election in a democratic country? These days, it's hard to have an opinion on anything you don't deeply research because most of what we read is propaganda anyway, and likely was funded by the USAID in some fashion or another. Your news, paid for by Internews, which USAID funded to the tune of half a billion dollars.

Perhaps the "far right" candidate really is a Putin stooge and a bad guy, but then again, I was told this about Trump, so who can I trust? Any time I hear "far right" or "Putin" I quit listening because what comes next is almost always pure BS.

While the EU is the villain in this story, it turns out that USAID has been deeply involved in "reforming" Romanian society through "judicial reform" and, of course, building "civil society." The US and EU have done much to "reform" the judicial system that has kept the just-resigned president whose term had already expired in power.

Both the left and the right in Romania are livid and actually joined together to fight this outrage, which is the proximate cause of Iohannis' resignation. But one has to wonder when the chaos at USAID has something to do with it, as the financial flow to the transnationalists in Romania dries up.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: romania; usaid

1 posted on 02/16/2025 9:49:59 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I’ll add one element of this story...that the highest account level for TikTok in Europe...is Romania...roughly 50-percent of society is a user.

Adding to this...over a decade, TVR-1/TVR-2 (the two public TV channels) have lost viewership/trust.

Simply a lot of people who don’t have trust with public news or newspapers...so commentary by TikTok carries more weight than normal.


2 posted on 02/16/2025 9:55:27 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: BenLurkin

For those who may not know, the Neocons are in the middle of building a giant forward base in Eastern Romania, allowing NATO to quickly move into Ukraine (they share a long border), probably during the next phase of the Neocon War in Ukraine, provided that this phase of their war doesn’t end with a peace deal, meaning a government in Ukraine that doesn’t want to see more of their country destroyed.


3 posted on 02/16/2025 9:58:25 AM PST by BobL
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“While the EU is the villain in this story, it turns out that USAID has been deeply involved in “reforming” Romanian society through “judicial reform” and, of course, building “civil society.””

EXACTLY what USAID and the EU are demanding of Hungary, and only because the people there REFUSE to vote correctly.


4 posted on 02/16/2025 10:00:02 AM PST by BobL
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To: pepsionice

Perhaps the Tik-Tok account is just like a Politico subscription - just a way of funneling money.


5 posted on 02/16/2025 10:08:40 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: BenLurkin

I’d recommend to anyone listening to Shawn Ryan’s recent long form program with Mike Benz about USAID. He talks about the invalidation of the Romanian election. The NWO guys have taken the next step, canceling or invalidating elections. And we’ve been paying for it. Hopefully shutting off the spigot will help freedom make a comeback


6 posted on 02/16/2025 10:09:10 AM PST by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: BobL

BTTT


7 posted on 02/16/2025 10:13:13 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Getting an account is free. Getting ‘noticed’ or high-ratings...you could probably bribe TikTok to reach that level (like YouTube does currently).


8 posted on 02/16/2025 10:18:28 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: BenLurkin

He was worried another Romanian dictator was going to be killed. He chose wisely.


9 posted on 02/16/2025 10:29:49 AM PST by ChuckHam
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To: BenLurkin

New spot open up for Horizontal?


10 posted on 02/16/2025 11:13:47 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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“These days ... most of what we read is propaganda anyway”

The AP and NY Slimes immediately come to mind.


11 posted on 02/16/2025 11:14:23 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: j.havenfarm
He talks about the invalidation of the Romanian election. The NWO guys have taken the next step, canceling or invalidating elections.

When are they going to try that in the USA?

12 posted on 02/16/2025 5:45:49 PM PST by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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