Since its founding in 1961, USAID has been deeply embedded in America’s foreign policy strategy, working alongside the State Department, intelligence agencies, and major private foundations. The report explicitly states that "USAID has become part of the machinery that implements the U.S. national security strategy," describing how the agency uses "covert and overt pressure through payments disguised as aid and grants." The network it has built "operates by taking over the civil, economic, political, and media sectors in each country," allowing foreign interests to exert influence under the pretense of development assistance.
Hungary has been directly affected by this pressure network. Between 2020 and 2024, USAID funneled at least $20.2 million (HUF 8 billion) into Hungarian organizations, though the true amount, including indirect support, is likely far higher. These funds do not merely support neutral civil society efforts but are strategically directed toward groups aligned with "progressive globalist interests," including mass migration advocacy, LGBTQ activism, and open society initiatives.
To ensure the ideological alignment of its network, USAID works closely with private foundations such as the Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations, which have used their resources to build a "geopolitical pyramid scheme" of influence. These groups, alongside global organizations like the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, distribute funds in a way that "limits the range of organizations that can be involved," ensuring that only those aligned with their ideological goals receive support.
The report also exposes how USAID conceals its true objectives through a complex funding web. In Hungary, organizations such as the Autonomy Foundation, the Ökotárs Foundation, and the Carpathian Foundation act as intermediaries, redistributing funds to "conceal the origin and the true extent of the resources used" for political influence. This ensures that USAID’s political objectives remain intact while shielding the agency from direct accountability.
Beyond Hungary, the report highlights how USAID’s model has been replicated at the European level. Since 2017, Brussels bureaucrats on the payroll of U.S. billionaire George Soros’ have worked to "take control of the European legislature, including the European Commission itself." By 2021, EU funding programs—such as the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) initiative—had been redesigned to ensure continued support for politically aligned pressure groups across Europe, effectively making Brussels a new hub for these influence operations.
Hungary has long maintained that its sovereignty must be protected from external manipulation. The latest findings confirm that these concerns were justified. The Sovereignty Protection Office has vowed to "continue investigating the extent of this U.S.-funded network’s operations in Hungary," assessing how foreign resources are being used to manipulate political narratives and exert pressure on national decision-making.
As foreign funding mechanisms shift from Washington to Brussels, Hungary remains committed to ensuring that national decisions are made by Hungarians, free from external interference. The report serves as yet another warning that political influence operations disguised as civil society support are a reality—one that Hungary is determined to confront.