USAID has spent enormous sums on social engineering and ideological projects abroad, often prioritizing this over tangible humanitarian assistance. While American schools and communities struggle with underfunding, USAID has directed millions of taxpayer dollars into projects like a DEI musical in Ireland, a transgender-themed opera in Colombia, and LGBT initiatives in Guatemala.
These programs do nothing to reduce poverty or improve stability but instead push American ideological battles onto foreign countries. Meanwhile, truly urgent global crises remain unaddressed, and American taxpayers are left footing the bill.
Beyond wasteful spending, USAID has a disturbing track record of financing questionable organizations—even those linked to extremism. It has funneled taxpayer money to nonprofits with ties to designated terrorist organizations, and its aid shipments have been intercepted by al-Qaeda fighters in Syria.
Its failures extend beyond conflict zones. In Afghanistan, $1.46 billion was spent on a development program that backfired—strengthening the Taliban’s heroin trade instead of curbing it.
These examples underscore a pattern: USAID’s reckless funding does not stabilize nations—it fuels corruption and chaos.
USAID has wasted billions on failed projects, mismanaged aid, and questionable financial decisions, often with no measurable benefit. For example, USAID spent $6 million to fund tourism in Egypt—a country struggling with economic instability rather than a lack of visitors.
Millions more were allocated to EcoHealth Alliance, the same organization involved in the controversial Wuhan lab research, raising concerns about what oversight—if any—was in place when approving these funds.
Meanwhile, instead of focusing on real humanitarian relief, USAID funded personalized contraceptives and birth control devices for developing nations, diverting resources from lifesaving medical care.
Again and again, USAID rewards failure with more funding—a pattern of reckless spending that has gone unchallenged for too long.
For years, USAID has operated as a black hole for American taxpayer money, funding ideological agendas, failed projects, and dangerous entanglements under the guise of humanitarian aid. With billions wasted, its unchecked existence has long gone unchallenged—until now.
That era is now over. Under President Trump’s leadership, USAID’s funding has been frozen, and the agency is finally under direct audit by DOGE. The reckless spending spree has been halted, and for the first time in decades, USAID is being forced to account for how it spent billions of taxpayer dollars.
With its financial mismanagement exposed, the question now is not how to reform USAID—but whether it should exist at all. As the audit continues, one thing is certain: The days of USAID operating in the shadows are coming to an end.