President Donald Trump has moved to sever U.S. ties with dozens of international bodies that his administration says drain American resources while undermining American interests.
According to RedState, the White House announced that President Trump on Wednesday signed a presidential memorandum ordering the United States to pull out of 66 international organizations that no longer serve American interests. The directive instructs all executive departments and agencies to halt participation in and funding for 35 non?United Nations organizations and 31 U.N. entities that the administration concluded operate contrary to U.S. national interests, security, economic prosperity, or sovereignty.
The White House emphasized that this move follows a comprehensive review of every international intergovernmental organization, convention, and treaty that the U.S. belongs to, funds, or otherwise supports. In a social media post highlighting the decision, the administration declared: AMERICA FIRST ???? Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations that no longer serve American interests including: ??35-non UN organizations ??31 UN entities.
For years, Washington has quietly funneled taxpayer dollars into a sprawling network of NGOs, foreign governments, and multilateral outfits, many of which are aligned with globalist priorities rather than American ones. When you read the list, youll find your jaw dropping at some of the entries, wondering why we were supporting them in the first place.
A striking share of the targeted entities 31 in total are affiliated with the United Nations, a body that frequently takes positions at odds with U.S. sovereignty and conservative values even as American taxpayers have historically underwritten a disproportionate share of its budget. The list of organizations from which the U.S. is now distancing itself is extensive, and the administration has made the full roster available on the White House website for public scrutiny.
Heres a sample of things that make you go hmm: a collection of U.N. programs and specialized agencies whose missions often overlap, duplicate one another, or drift into ideological activism rather than concrete results. Here are some of the UN entities that stick out, the report notes, underscoring how deeply embedded these groups had become in the federal funding pipeline.
Listen, some of these programs may do some good, I cant tell you that they dont. But theres an awful lot of them, many of them seem duplicative, and at least several seem like make-work efforts. Remember, this is just a partial list.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio framed the decision as a long?overdue correction to years of unaccountable global spending. Today, President Trump announced the U.S. is leaving 66 anti-American, useless, or wasteful international organizations. Review of additional international organizations remains ongoing. These withdrawals keep a key promise President Trump made to Americans - we will stop
Rubio continued, These withdrawals keep a key promise President Trump made to Americans - we will stop subsidizing globalist bureaucrats who act against our interests. The Trump Administration will always put America and Americans first. Going forward, these organizations are free to pursue their agendas, but, as critics of globalism have long demanded, these orgs. can be useless and wasteful on their own dime.
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