Bradley Greer: Bill Gates, George Soros and WEF recipients of USAID

USAID has long been a key player in U.S. foreign policy, providing aid to countries worldwide under the banner of so-called “humanitarian assistance and development.” 

The agency has also faced scrutiny for its role in funding programs that critics argue align with broader geopolitical strategies rather than purely philanthropic goals. 

Historically, USAID has been involved in funding initiatives such as international vaccine programs and “democracy promotion efforts.” 

Bill Gates

One of the major recipients of USAID funding has been the GAVI Alliance, an international vaccine initiative supported by Bill Gates. 

In 2020, USAID committed $1.16 billion to GAVI for fiscal years 2020 to 2023, with an additional $1.58 billion pledged for the following five years. Reports indicate that total contributions to GAVI could exceed $2 billion. 

George Soros

Additionally, USAID has been linked to funding non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in political and economic programs worldwide.

A 2017 report from the Heritage Foundation suggested that George Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) had played a significant role in implementing USAID-funded initiatives since at least 2009.

Historical documents indicate that USAID and OSF collaborated as early as 1993 to train professionals in Eastern Europe. 

By the late 1990s and early 2000s, OSF-affiliated NGOs were involved in political movements across Eastern Europe, including Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004.

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World Economic Forum

Beyond individual programs, USAID has also been involved with international organizations such as the World Economic Forum (WEF). Between 2013 and 2022, USAID invested approximately $26 million in multi-year agreements connected to WEF initiatives. 

In response, House Republicans introduced the ‘Defund Davos Act’ in January 2024, seeking to prohibit U.S. government agencies, including USAID, from funding the WEF. 

Legislators supporting the bill argued against the use of taxpayer dollars to support the Forum’s initiatives. 

~ Bradley Greer, "Calls for Bill Gates and George Soros Arrest For Defrauding Taxpayer of Billions Through USAID," Disswire.com, February 14, 2025

Karen Harradine on Bill Gates as climate change critic

[Bill] Gates is a fierce critic of C02 emissions and a climate change ideologue, so much so that he is about to publish a book on the topic.  But why is he preaching to us on climate change when he must be one of the heaviest personal users of carbon in the world? 

In 2017, Gates took 59 flights, presumably in his private plane, which he has described as a ‘guilty pleasure.’  I am certain that his guilty pleasure produces a lot more CO2 than my own dark chocolate fetish. His flights emitted 1,600 tons of carbon dioxide in a single year whereas most of us produce only 10 tons annually. 

In February, it was rumoured that Gates had bought a superyacht, something he has yet to confirm or deny, although he certainly charters them.  The timing is suspicious, given that several billionaires took to the seas in superyachts in March to escape Covid-19 and the unpleasant effects of medieval lockdowns.  The environmental damage they would have done to our oceans’ delicate ecosystems bears examination.  One superyacht uses around 500 litres of petrol per hour and pumps out 2.1 million tons of C02 a year.

~ Karen Harradine, "The megalomania of Bill Gates - Part One," The Conservative Woman, December 12, 2020

Bill Gates on mask wearing

The idea that somebody's resisting wearing a mask, that is such a weird thing to me.  What are these, like, nudists?  I mean, you know, we ask you to wear pants, and no American says, or very few Americans say, that that's, like, some terrible thing.

~ Bill Gates, "Bill Gates and Rashida Jones Ask Big Questions" podcast, November 16, 2020

Bill Gates on the coronavirus and social distancing

It’s very tough to say to people, "Hey keep going to restaurants, go buy new houses, ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner, we want you to keep spending because there’s some politician that thinks GDP growth is what counts." It’s hard to tell people during an epidemic … that they should go about things knowing their activity is spreading this disease.

~ Bill Gates, TED Connects program, March 24, 2020

(Gates has a reported net worth of $99 billion.)

Bill Gates on "these Google guys" (2003)

These Google guys (co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin), they want to be billionaires and rock stars and go to conferences and all that. Let us see if they still want to run the business in two to three years.

~ Bill Gates, World Economic Forum in Davos, January 2003

(As recalled by DealBook's Andrew Ross Sorkin before the 2013 forum)

Bill Gates on the need for computer memory (1981)

640K ought to be enough for anybody. 

~ Bill Gates, 1981