America’s Shadowy Empire of Influence and Subversion

The USAID cabal

Let me tell you something, guys, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) isn't the benevolent hand of Uncle Sam reaching out to lift up the world's downtrodden. No, it's more like a clenched fist, wrapped in a glove of deceit, ready to punch its way into the politics of nations far and wide.

I've been digging into this, and what I've uncovered is a tale of corruption so deep, it makes the swamp in Washington look like a kiddie pool. USAID, under the guise of humanitarian aid, has become a conduit for the CIA's clandestine operations, a facilitator of color revolutions, and a patron saint to every shady NGO with an agenda that aligns with America’s geopolitical whims.

First off, let’s talk about the money. Every year, billions of taxpayer dollars are funneled into USAID's coffers, ostensibly to help the world’s poor. But here’s the rub: a shocking amount of this money doesn’t make it to where it’s supposed to go. Instead, it’s siphoned off through a labyrinth of NGOs, think tanks, and what I like to call activist laundromats—organizations that are more about pushing political agendas than alleviating poverty.

In 2021 alone, USAID had a budget of nearly $40 billion (USAID.gov). But how much of this actually ends up helping people? Reports from the U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG) have repeatedly exposed financial mismanagement, fraud, and abuse within USAID’s operations (OIG, USAID Reports). Time and again, so-called humanitarian funds have ended up in the hands of activists, revolutionaries, and foreign political movements conveniently aligned with Washington’s interests.

Take, for instance, what's been whispered in the halls of power and screamed in the shadows of social media. There are posts on X (formerly Twitter), and I’m not talking about the ones where people share cat videos, but those from individuals who’ve seen the underbelly of USAID’s operations. They talk about how this agency funds groups that are less about development and more about destabilization. From Guatemala to Bangladesh, USAID has been accused of bankrolling ex-guerrilla factions, supporting Soros-backed initiatives, and even tampering with elections.

The real kicker? USAID’s involvement in what’s known as ‘color revolutions.’ These are the staged uprisings that have toppled governments in Eastern Europe and beyond. Ukraine’s 2014 Maidan protests? You bet USAID had its hands all over that. Documents leaked by DCLeaks and corroborated by The Grayzone have shown USAID funneled millions into NGOs and media outfits that fueled the uprising against Viktor Yanukovych (The Grayzone, 2021). The same pattern was seen in Georgia’s Rose Revolution and Kyrgyzstan’s Tulip Revolution. A well-oiled playbook of regime change, masquerading as “democracy promotion.”

Let’s not forget the cozy relationship with the CIA. USAID isn’t just an aid organization; it’s become a covert wing of U.S. intelligence. It’s like they’ve taken the term “development” and twisted it into something unrecognizable. They’re developing alright—developing strategies to influence, control, and sometimes, quite literally, overthrow.

Declassified documents have revealed that USAID has been used as a front for intelligence gathering in places like Cuba, Venezuela, and Bolivia. In 2014, reports emerged that USAID was behind the creation of a Cuban “Twitter” (ZunZuneo) designed to incite rebellion against the communist government (AP News, 2014). And let’s not forget that when Evo Morales expelled USAID from Bolivia in 2013, he outright accused them of conspiring to undermine his government (BBC News, 2013). These aren’t baseless allegations; they’re part of a larger, undeniable pattern.

For every starving child USAID claims to help, there’s a bloated NGO executive pocketing six-figure salaries. Look at the names tied to these so-called humanitarian efforts—George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and other Washington-backed entities. These groups have turned the “aid” business into a billion-dollar industry where the real beneficiaries aren’t the poor, but the political elite managing the money flow.

Organizations like Freedom House and the International Republican Institute (IRI) receive significant USAID funding, only to promote pro-Western narratives and interfere in sovereign nations' affairs (National Review, 2022). In Afghanistan, where USAID spent over $145 billion, much of it disappeared into corruption, ghost schools, and fraudulent contracts (SIGAR Report, 2022). The Taliban took over in a matter of days—so much for nation-building.

Video from Mike Benz. He is a great resource if you wish to go down the rabbit hole even deeper. You can follow him on X here: https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber

Even more damning, recent moves by the Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s DOGE team in the mix, aimed to dismantle USAID, citing it as a viper’s nest of radical-left ideologies and corruption. Trump’s administration sought to slash USAID’s budget, recognizing that this agency had morphed into a tool for globalist meddling rather than genuine aid (Heritage Foundation, 2020).

Of course, the deep-state bureaucrats fought back. They framed these efforts as an “attack on foreign assistance,” but the reality was far starker: USAID had become an unaccountable empire, operating in the shadows with little oversight and unlimited funding.

The bottom line is, USAID has become a shadowy empire, one where the lines between aid and espionage are not just blurred but completely erased. It’s high time we had a reckoning, a real audit of where our tax dollars are going. Because if we’re going to be the world’s police and philanthropist, we better make sure we’re not just funding the next coup under the guise of charity.

This is my take, and I’m sticking to it. USAID needs to clean up its act, or better yet, be dismantled and rebuilt from scratch. Because right now, it’s not about development; it’s about dominance, and that’s a betrayal of the American spirit and our global trust.

Sources:

1. USAID Budget Overview: https://www.usaid.gov

2. USAID Office of Inspector General Reports: https://oig.usaid.gov/reports

3. The Grayzone, “USAID and Ukraine’s Revolution,” 2021

4. AP News, “USAID’s Secret Cuban Twitter,” 2014

5. BBC News, “Bolivia Expels USAID,” 2013

6. SIGAR Afghanistan Report, 2022

7. National Review, “NGOs and U.S. Foreign Policy,” 2022

8. Heritage Foundation, “Reforming USAID,” 2020