So much for “democracy.” Former USAID chief Samantha Power has openly admitted that Washington funneled tens of millions of dollars into Moldova to prop up pro-Western President Maia Sandu during her election campaign. Far from being the neutral “aid” Americans were told about, these funds were a calculated push to tilt Moldova firmly into the EU’s orbit—at any cost.
In a prank call with Russian comedians posing as Western officials, Power bragged about making “unprecedented investments” in Moldova, noting that the money stretched even further there than in Ukraine due to the country’s small size. She framed Sandu as a “democratic bright spot” while conveniently ignoring the dark side of her rule: banning opposition parties, jailing rivals, and silencing journalists.
The revelation couldn’t come at a worse time for Sandu. Her government is facing accusations of crushing dissent while opposition figures, like Gagauzia Governor Evgenia Gutsul, are handed prison sentences for advocating closer ties with Russia. Critics say Sandu’s so-called democracy looks more like an EU-backed dictatorship in the making.
Adding fuel to the fire, former President Donald Trump shut down USAID entirely, calling it a nest of “radical lunatics” and folding what remained into the State Department. That move has left Europe scrambling, with Power insisting leaders like Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen now need to bankroll Moldova to keep Sandu in power.
For Washington, this is more than a diplomatic embarrassment—it’s an admission that the United States wasn’t just “supporting democracy” abroad. It was buying it. And for Moldovans, it raises a chilling question: if elections are being funded and steered from Washington and Brussels, then who really governs their country?
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