Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸THE CRAZIEST THINGS USAID SPENT YOUR TAX DOLLARS ON—A THREAD USAID was supposed to fund development and humanitarian aid. Instead, millions of your tax dollars went to some of the most bizarre, wasteful, and outright questionable projects imaginable. From foreign DEI programs to taxpayer-funded operas, here’s where your money really went🧵👇
1. 🇮🇶$20M ON IRAQI SESAME STREET USAID spent $20M on Ahlan Simsim, a Middle Eastern Sesame Street spin off. https://x.com/MarioNawfal/stat...
2. 🇮🇪THE $70,000 DEI MUSICAL YOUR TAXES FUNDED IN IRELAND Biden’s State Department sent $70,000 to fund a "diversity, equity, and inclusion" musical in Ireland—because apparently, pushing woke ideology overseas was a priority. The grant was meant to promote "shared U.S.-Irish values" through a live theater performance. Meanwhile, Americans were dealing with record inflation and skyrocketing costs at home. Why was the U.S. ever paying for a DEI musical in Ireland to begin with?
3. 🇨🇴THE TRANSGENDER OPERA IN COLOMBIA In 2022, U.S. taxpayer money helped stage As One in Bogotá, Colombia—an opera about a transgender woman’s journey of self-discovery. It was funded through a USAID grant to a local university. The production framed gender transition as a personal awakening. The performance followed "Hannah" as she navigated childhood, identity struggles, and acceptance, all set to a dramatic musical score. Three shows were staged, courtesy of U.S. government funds meant for “strengthening international relationships.”
4. 🇱🇰THE $7.9 MILLION GENDER TRAINING FOR SRI LANKAN JOURNALISTS USAID defenders claim the Media Empowerment for a Democratic Sri Lanka program wasn’t just about gender ideology. But here’s what we do know: U.S. taxpayers funded a $7.9M project that included training journalists to avoid “binary-gendered language.” The program also bankrolled media workshops, digital grants, and newsroom upgrades—because apparently, Sri Lanka’s press was a U.S. taxpayer priority.
5. 🇺🇸$7.8K TO A TERROR-LINKED CHARITY USAID knew the Helping Hand For Relief and Developmen, a Michigan-based nonprofit, had ties to terrorist groups. Its own watchdog launched an investigation! And what did Biden do? Sent them another $78,000 in taxpayer money. Helping Hand for Relief and Development has been flagged for links to Pakistani terror networks, including Lashkar-e-Taiba’s funding arm. Lawmakers warned USAID about it in 2023. Instead of cutting funding, the agency doubled down.
6. 🇬🇹$2 MILLION TO FUND SEX CHANGES IN GUATEMALA USAID handed $2 million to Asociacion Lambda, a Guatemalan activist group, to promote transgender surgeries and hormone treatments—all with U.S. taxpayer money. The grant also funds LGBT activism and political advocacy. The program helps "trans-led organizations" provide medical procedures like mastectomies, phalloplasties, and vaginoplasties, some of which are irreversible. Lambda also works to influence elections and push gender ideology in Guatemala.
7. 🇦🇫USAID HELPED FUND TALIBAN DRUG PROFITS Irrigation projects, farm equipment, and fertilizer—paid for by taxpayers—helped poppy fields thrive. https://x.com/MarioNawfal/stat...
8. 🇺🇸🇨🇳USAID GAVE MILLIONS TO WUHAN LAB PARTNER—DID IT FUND COVID-19? EcoHealth Alliance—the group that funneled U.S. tax dollars to the Wuhan lab—got another $4.67 million from USAID, even after being caught violating grant terms and hiding data. Led by Peter Daszak, EcoHealth helped fund bat virus research in Wuhan, where COVID-19 may have originated. Instead of cutting ties, the Biden administration handed them more taxpayer cash for vague “conservation” work in Liberia.
9. 🇷🇸 $1.5 MILLION FOR LGBTQ JOB PROGRAMS IN SERBIA Biden’s USAID handed $1.5 million to a Serbian activist group to promote LGBTQ employment programs and workplace DEI training. The grant aimed to “expand opportunities” for LGBTQ entrepreneurs and reduce workplace discrimination. Meanwhile, Americans were facing record inflation and job losses at home. Source: The White House, @DOGE, @elonmusk
