The United States will no longer participate in international organizations that are contrary to its interests.
President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum on January 7 directing the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations that no longer serve American interests.
The Memorandum orders all executive departments and agencies to cease participating in and funding 35 non-United Nations organizations and 31 UN entities that operate contrary to U.S. national interests, security, economic prosperity, or sovereignty.
Among the international organizations listed in President Trump’s order are the 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact; the Commission for Environmental Cooperation; Education Cannot Wait; Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund; the Global Counterterrorism Forum; the Global Forum on Migration and the UN University.
President Trump’s action follows a review ordered earlier this year of all international intergovernmental organizations, conventions, and treaties that the United States is a member of or party to, or that the United States funds or supports.
These withdrawals will end American taxpayer funding and involvement in entities that advance globalist agendas over U.S. priorities, or that address important issues inefficiently or ineffectively such that U.S. taxpayer dollars are best allocated in other ways to support the relevant missions.
Many of these bodies promote radical climate policies, global governance, and ideological programs that conflict with U.S. sovereignty and economic strength.
American taxpayers have spent billions on these organizations with little return, while they often criticize U.S. policies, advance agendas contrary to our values, or waste taxpayer dollars by purporting to address important issues but not achieving any real results.
Immediately upon returning to office, President Trump initiated the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Agreement.
On Day One of his Administration, President Trump also signed a Presidential Memorandum to notify the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development that its Global Tax Deal has no force or effect in the United States and direct an investigation into whether foreign countries have tax rules in place that are extraterritorial or disproportionately affect American companies.
Just weeks later, President Trump signed an Executive Order withdrawing the United States from the UN Human Rights Council and prohibiting any future funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for the Near East.
The executive memorandum states that President Trump “has prioritized American interests by redirecting focus and resources toward domestic priorities such as infrastructure, military readiness, and border security, and acting swiftly to protect American companies from foreign interference.”
