The United States government has consumed much of the past decade cultivating a disastrous foreign policy in Ukraine.

Hindsight makes this obvious. Much to Ukraine’s disadvantage, permanent Washington has spent years using that country as a vessel to fuel its persistent desire for conflict with Russia. The result? Billions of dollars wasted, countless lives lost, and vastly increased hostilities between the world’s two most prolific nuclear powers.

Looking back, it’s worth wondering if anyone could have seen this coming. And it turns out the answer is yes. Former Congressman Ron Paul prophesied the current dysfunction all the way back in 2014, and he joined today’s Tucker Carlson Encounter to explain how he predicted it and what could come next.

Ron Paul tells Tucker:

“We have World War 3 on the doorstep, and every day we try to start another fight with Russia. And we go on and on. [The war] is not going to be stopped that way.”