{"id":36259,"date":"2025-02-03T14:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T20:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/?p=36259"},"modified":"2025-02-04T10:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:38:44","slug":"what-usaid-spent-u-s-taxpayers-money-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/what-usaid-spent-u-s-taxpayers-money-on\/","title":{"rendered":"What USAID Spent U.S. Taxpayers Money On."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/3365923.html\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/3361911.html\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-962\/jon-michael-raasch.html\">JON MICHAEL RAASCH, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?screen_name=JMRaasch&amp;tw_p=followbutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Published:<\/strong>&nbsp;12:30 EST, 3 February 2025&nbsp;|&nbsp;<strong>Updated:<\/strong>&nbsp;14:14 EST, 3 February 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has spent tens of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars on some shocking expenditures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USAID was established in 1961 to provide money made by Americans to help countries develop abroad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However,&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14354683\/Elon-Musk-shuts-USAID-Donald-Trump-approval.html\">the agency has been shuttered<\/a>&nbsp;because&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/donald_trump\/index.html\" class=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/elon-musk\/index.html\">Elon Musk<\/a>&nbsp;have found that the aid being doled out overseas often does not accomplish core U.S. missions, like expanding education and improving infrastructure.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;You&#8217;ve got to basically get rid of the whole thing. It&#8217;s beyond repair,&#8217;&nbsp;Musk said of USAID on Monday.&nbsp;&#8216;We&#8217;re shutting it down.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now Musk and officials at his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are readying to dissolve the agency and roll it into the State Department, an idea the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/tesla\/index.html\">Tesla<\/a>&nbsp;CEO says Trump is on board with.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just after taking office, Trump and Secretary of State&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/marco_rubio\/index.html\">Marco Rubio<\/a>&nbsp;implemented a 90-day freeze on most&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/foreignaid\/index.html\" class=\"\">foreign aid<\/a>&nbsp;expenditures to give the new administration time to review what USAID&#8217;s $30 billion budget for 2025 is being used on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rubio announced Monday he is now the acting director of USAID.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But some Republicans have been sounding the alarm on USAID for weeks, saying the agency is more focused on advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) than diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And some USAID receipts show it. DailyMail.com breaks down some of the most shocking ways the agency has spent U.S. taxpayer money.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/03\/17\/94810741-14355251-House_Foreign_Affairs_Committee_Chair_Brian_Mast_says_he_support-a-15_1738603028148.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\" alt=\"House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast says he supports potential plan moving USAID into the State Department\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast says he supports potential plan moving USAID into the State Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/03\/17\/94810745-14355251-One_of_the_big_ticket_items_that_no_longer_will_receive_U_S_fund-a-16_1738603028148.jpg\" height=\"478\" width=\"634\" alt=\"One of the big ticket items that no longer will receive U.S. funding is a pro LGBTQ group in Serbia through a group called 'Grupa Izadji,' which in English translates to 'Group Come Out'\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the big ticket items that no longer will receive U.S. funding is a pro LGBTQ group in Serbia through a group called &#8216;Grupa Izadji,&#8217; which in English translates to &#8216;Group Come Out&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/03\/17\/94810749-14355251-This_Serbian_pro_LGBTQ_group_was_receiving_millions_of_dollars_a-a-18_1738603028163.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\" alt=\"This Serbian pro-LGBTQ group was receiving millions of dollars a year from USAID to expand employment opportunities in Serbia for the gay community. The money flowing to this group has been frozen by Trump\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Serbian pro-LGBTQ group was receiving millions of dollars a year from USAID to expand employment opportunities in Serbia for the gay community. The money flowing to this group has been frozen by Trump<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14354683\/Elon-Musk-shuts-USAID-Donald-Trump-approval.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14354683\/Elon-Musk-shuts-USAID-Donald-Trump-approval.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/03\/13\/94806195-0-image-a-6_1738589115196.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14354683\/Elon-Musk-shuts-USAID-Donald-Trump-approval.html\"><strong>Elon Musk shuts down USAID as Trump agrees agency is &#8216;beyond repair&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HIV research about transgenders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wits Health Consortium, a South African research facility that studies the transmission of HIV among sex workers and transgender people, has received $30 million from USAID since 2018, federal&nbsp;<a class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_72067418CA00027_7200\">data<\/a>&nbsp;shows.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South African research firm was awarded $38 million dollars in total, but the final $8 million which has yet to be allocated may be slashed after to Trump&#8217;s foreign aid review.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14334647\/donald-trump-condoms-gaza-trans-operas-colombia-foreign-spending.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14334647\/donald-trump-condoms-gaza-trans-operas-colombia-foreign-spending.html\">Read More<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14334647\/donald-trump-condoms-gaza-trans-operas-colombia-foreign-spending.html\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14334647\/donald-trump-condoms-gaza-trans-operas-colombia-foreign-spending.html\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14334647\/donald-trump-condoms-gaza-trans-operas-colombia-foreign-spending.html\">&nbsp;$50M in condoms for Gaza and &#8216;trans operas&#8217; in Colombia: The wild foreign spending Trump is blocking&nbsp;<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14334647\/donald-trump-condoms-gaza-trans-operas-colombia-foreign-spending.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;HIV epidemic control in South Africa pivots on the success of providing appropriate services for key populations, including sex workers (SWS), their clients, and transgender (TG) people,&#8217; the award states.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the federal receipts, the award was made to develop &#8216;a model of provision of accessible clinical interventions for [sex workers].&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Millions to COVID lab in China<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White Coat Waste Project, an anti-animal experimentation group, also uncovered that USAID funded&nbsp;$38 million worth of grants that ended up going to the same lab where COVID-19 is believed to have originated from, the Wuhan Institute of Virology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Serbian LGBTQ group&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another big ticket item that no longer will receive U.S. funding is a pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/gay-and-lesbian-rights\/index.html\">LGBTQ<\/a>&nbsp;organization in Serbia called &#8216;Grupa Izadji,&#8217; which in English translates to&nbsp;<a class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/ASST_NON_72016922FA00001_7200\">&#8216;Group Come Out.&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This NGO received $1.5 million from Biden&#8217;s administration to &#8216;advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia&#8217;s workplaces and business communities, by promoting economic empowerment of and opportunity for&nbsp;LGBTQI+ people in Serbia.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the grant, the Serbian group &#8216;will foster an environment that increases employment potential for&nbsp;LGBTQI+ persons, expands opportunities for&nbsp;LGBTQI+ entrepreneurs, and reduces workplace discrimination.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/03\/17\/94609255-14355251-Drag_Queens_attend_the_RuPaul_s_DragCon_UK_2025_at_the_Excel_Cen-a-19_1738603028181.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Drag Queens attend the RuPaul's DragCon UK 2025 at the Excel Centre in London, Britain, 10 January 2025. The U.S. State Department will no longer fund DEI projects like Colombian transgender operas or Peruvian trans comic books, Mast told DailyMail.com\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drag Queens attend the RuPaul&#8217;s DragCon UK 2025 at the Excel Centre in London, Britain, 10 January 2025. The U.S. State Department will no longer fund DEI projects like Colombian transgender operas or Peruvian trans comic books, Mast told DailyMail.com&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press Secretary Leavitt says $50M was used for condoms in Gaza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video poster=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/28\/20\/94610129-0-image-a-11_1738095144460.jpg\" preload=\"none\" src=\"https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2025\/01\/28\/6905305535415107151\/1024x576_MP4_6905305535415107151.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/03\/17\/94609651-14355251-Taliban_fighters_walk_as_they_fire_into_the_air_to_disperse_Afgh-a-19_1738603617524.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Taliban fighters walk as they fire into the air to disperse Afghan women protesters. This week a bombshell report highlighted how Biden's State Department gave $15 million to the Taliban for contraceptives after the group banned the products\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taliban fighters walk as they fire into the air to disperse Afghan women protesters. This week a bombshell report highlighted how Biden&#8217;s State Department gave $15 million to the Taliban for contraceptives after the group banned the products<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Trump&#8217;s foreign aid freeze has cut off money from flowing to &#8216;Grupa Izadji,&#8217; which was expected to be funded through the end of 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Electric vehicles in Vietnam&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another costly foreign aid fund package approved under Joe Biden&#8217;s administration awarded $2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the huge investment of U.S. taxpayer dollars there has been only one battery station built, avoiding a total of 260 gallons of gas, according to the USAID&nbsp;<a class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/vietnam\/news\/swapping-gas-batteries#:~:text=%E2%80%9CUSAID's%20role%20facilitated%20our%20collaboration,the%20potential%20reduction%20in%20emissions.\">website<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An average semi-truck holds roughly, by comparison, about 130 gallons of gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other eye-popping USAID initiatives include funding for a documentary highlighting the agency&#8217;s efforts propping up the first transgender health care clinic in India.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trans care clinics&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14344255\/trump-millions-dei-foreign-aid-programs-funding.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14344255\/trump-millions-dei-foreign-aid-programs-funding.html\">Read More<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14344255\/trump-millions-dei-foreign-aid-programs-funding.html\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14344255\/trump-millions-dei-foreign-aid-programs-funding.html\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14344255\/trump-millions-dei-foreign-aid-programs-funding.html\">&nbsp;Trump strips millions from DEI foreign aid programs funding Irish musicals, LGBTQ programs in Serbia&nbsp;<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14344255\/trump-millions-dei-foreign-aid-programs-funding.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency also helped open TransCare Clinic, an operation established to &#8216;address ongoing gaps in transgender health care across Vietnam,&#8217; according to a September 2024 USAID press release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LGBTQ initiatives globally&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USAID established in 2023 a LGBTQI+ policy to help advance non-heterosexual objectives around the globe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The policy &#8216;advances USAID\u2019s commitment to supporting protection, inclusion, and human rights for all so that LGBTQI+ individuals are able to live with dignity and free from all forms of violence, discrimination, stigma, and criminalization,&#8217; a memo announcing the program declared.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond USAID, other taxpayer-funded initiatives have also caught the eyes of GOP lawmakers eager to cut necessary programs or undeserving recipients from federal aid programs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elon Musk claims USAID &#8216;is hopeless and a ball of worms&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video poster=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/03\/14\/94808289-0-image-m-40_1738592762248.jpg\" preload=\"none\" src=\"https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2025\/02\/03\/7384542858125922081\/640x360_MP4_7384542858125922081.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operas in Colombia&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, the State Department&#8217;s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs approved $25,000 for an opera in Colombia in order to increase &#8216;transgender representation&#8217; in the arts. In addition to the government funding the group received $22,000 in private funding as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;So, $47,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia. That was a real one,&#8217; House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian Mast revealed to DailyMail.com last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Peruvian trans comic books&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Peruvian trans comic book program received $32,000 under former Secretary of State Antony&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/antony-blinken\/index.html\" class=\"\">Blinken<\/a>, according to federal documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mast said: &#8216;Let&#8217;s see, there was a transgender comic book, we&#8217;re trying to get our hands on the actual comic book, in Peru. And I heard it&#8217;s reasonably risqu\u00e9.&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Efforts to &#8216;expand atheism&#8217; abroad&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mast has also described how the U.S. has spent $500,000 to expand atheism in Nepal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0JON MICHAEL RAASCH, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM\u00a0 Published:&nbsp;12:30 EST, 3 February 2025&nbsp;|&nbsp;Updated:&nbsp;14:14 EST, 3 February 2025 The&nbsp;United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has spent tens of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars on some shocking expenditures.&nbsp; USAID was established in 1961 to provide money made by Americans to help countries develop abroad.&nbsp; However,&nbsp;the agency&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1792,1791,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-collapse-of-woke-extreme-radical-far-left-liberal-big-business-and-big-tech","category-the-destructive-practices-of-radical-liberal-fascist-companies","category-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}