The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) continues to fund the entire Serbian operation.
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Bannon`s War RoomOct 28, 2026
The sources show USAID funded a 2023–2024 Serbian LGBTQ/DEI workplace program (about $1.5 million) and that USAID's Serbia mission remains listed, but none breaks down Serbia's roughly $21.2 million in FY2025 obligations by agency, so whether USAID pays for the entire Serbian operation cannot be checked.
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… Let me just reiterate this, and for all the flunkies are in his Twitter feed, we have cut virtually nothing out of USAID, okay? We've cut virtually nothing. The entire Serbian operation is paid for by USAID. You may call it into different categories. You shifted it over to the State Department, but the gutless Republicans on Capitol Hill, okay, the gutless Republicans on Capitol Hill, and then certain people in the administration that have not wanted to cut …
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Supports. FactCheck.org reports USAID committed about $1.5 million in three installments (Feb 2023 to Oct 2024) to a Serbian LGBTQ workplace-inclusion program, while the other DEI grants cited were awarded by the State Department.[1][2]
Context. foreignassistance.gov reports $21,223,402 in total Serbia obligations for FY2025 across all managing agencies, with several activities listed, but the excerpt does not attribute the total or its activities to USAID alone.[3]
Context. USAFacts reports that about $21.2 million in FY2025 aid to Serbia was obligated, with 68% going to US-based implementing partners, and it notes that more than 20 agencies fund foreign assistance; it does not say USAID funds all of it.[6]
Context. The sources show that USAID had direct Serbia funding agreements and a Serbia mission in earlier years and in 2026 listings, but no source states that USAID alone funds the Serbian operation now or as of 2026-10-28.[4][5][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Sorting Out the Facts on 'Waste and Abuse' at USAID - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3foreignassistance.gov · cd · SRBU.S. Foreign Assistance By Countryforeignassistance.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4USAID Changes the Way it Works in Serbia | Archive - U.S. Agency for International Development2012-2017.usaid.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5RFA #72016921RFA00006 Amendment 01 Issue Dateapply07.grants.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 6usafacts.org · answers · how-much-foreign-aid-does-the-usHow much foreign aid does the US provide to Serbia? | USAFactsusafacts.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 7U.S. Mission to Serbiahighergov.com · not rated · cited for: context
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