Interview · moment 10 of 21
RFK Jr.'s Son Fighting in Ukraine
from Bobby & Cheryl | The Tim Dillon Show #360 · #360
6 min
Guest
RFK Jr. and Cheryl Hines reveal their son secretly joined the International Legion in Ukraine, fought as a drone operator and machine gunner in the counteroffensive, and has since returned home and finished law school.
- RFK Jr. and Tim disagreed on the war in Ukraine, though Tim respects his son's decision to fight there.
- Tim jokes he wouldn't even fight if Manhattan Beach were invaded, and would only tweet about it being sad.
- RFK Jr.'s son fought as a drone operator and machine gunner in the Kursk offensive for the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.
- RFK Jr. discovered his son was in Ukraine through credit card charges in Poland after he refused to say where he was going.
- All of the people RFK Jr.'s son served with have either been killed or are hospitalized.
- Tim argues the U.S. isn't pushing for peace talks in Ukraine, and people are making money off the conflict.
- Mitch McConnell admitted the money going to Ukraine isn't really for Ukraine—it's going to U.S. military contractors like Raytheon and Lockheed.
- Companies like Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street own the defense contractors profiting from the Ukraine funding.
- The DNC doesn't want RFK Jr. in the primary and wants to prevent Biden from debating or having unscripted conversations with voters.
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