U.S. is withdrawing from 66 international bodies

[kazinator]

An organization that is contrary to the interests of the US: that's exactly the sort of thing you want no American representatives in. Ideally, you don't even want second-hand information about what they are talking about and what decisions they are making.

[sph]

Reminds me of Brexit: let’s leave Europe; we’re still going to be affected by its laws because they’re our closest and biggest neighbours, but now we don’t even have a seat at the table to further our interests.

Welcome the era of political own goals.

[throwawayqqq11]

> interests of the US

To achieve your goal, you have to go one step further and remove deviators from parliamentary bodies too.

[nielsbot]

In your opinion, what's an example of such an organization? And why? What are the US's interests in that case?

[givemeethekeys]

I know, right!? Wait! You don't?

[tguvot]

pretty sure that all decisions are published. protocols of the meetings as well

[halperter]

> 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.

>By exiting these entities, President Trump is saving taxpayer money and refocusing resources on America First priorities.

Taking a look at the actual list, many of these organizations deal with issues such as climate change, environmental protection, and education. I think this means two things: One, the U.S. is further breaking away from the rest of the world. Trump's "America First" policies have effectively broke alliances and trust. Two, the current administration is quite heavily biased against clean energy. A majority of the organizations left are governing/advising on environmental issues, namely renewable energy and climate change. Trump frames the decision as "pro-America"; Trump says "our" values, he means his/his party's. I don't think that many people who have put at least a little research into the subject would agree that a) Climate change is not an issue and b) Renewables are (or at least getting to be) a good alternative to our currently climate-change exacerbating sources of power. The U.S. is going to be divided more and more along party lines, and it's going to get harder and harder to stop.

[lm28469]

> with little return

It's like they don't realise the bulk of their power is a consequence of the rest of the world agreeing that some kind of world order, no matter how flawed, is more desirable that a world of empires fighting for power and bullying everyone else into submission.

That's going to be an interesting century, and I very much doubt the US will be as relevant as today by the end of it.

[8bitsrule]

For a long I've wondered when, in the view of the current administration, the US was great the last time. I'm trying to decide when in the 1800s that was.

[stopbulying]

That creates a lot of work for the next administration.

[ncr100]

This is fairly routine -- for Democratic executive administrations to unfuck financial / other poor performance / bad health promulgated by prior Republican ones:

Republicans since Reagan have prioritized tax cuts as an end in themselves, treating deficit concerns as secondary

Democrats have generally accepted the post-1990s norm of PAYGO (pay-as-you-go) budgeting more consistently

Trump has been remarkable effective and impactful, for a US President.

His term makes me think maybe we DON'T want Presidents, as they're too powerful and it's too risky a structural design.

[bl4kers]

He will likely run again. Already signalled that

[burnt-resistor]

You're recklessly optimistic assuming damage is temporary, reversible, and that there will be a different kind of administration subsequently when the current occupant has already voiced that _their next inauguration_ will be held in the forthcoming demolished east wing Epstein-Trump memorial ballroom.

[josefritzishere]

Pre-WWII the US was largely isolationist, but it's hard to argue this is a return to those values while we're funding the war on Gaza and electively invading Venezuela. This regime's policies are incoherent.

[garbawarb]

It's pretty clearly "we're going to advance American interests and we don't care what others think." Taking matters into their own hands rather than relying on allies.

[thomassmith65]

The Trump administration seems eager to pit America against the rest of the world's nations, which altogether comprise 8 billion people.

The USA has a population of around 0.4 billion.

Until a future administration corrects course, the future will be one demoralizing failure after another.

[thomassmith65]

I wrote "pit America against the rest of the world's nations" not based on this news alone, but on the totality of the past six months. For example:

https://whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-Natio...

It's hard to think of a plausible scenario in which America carries on like this using hard power alone.

[23434dsf]

I am sorry, but the damage is already done. It cannot be repaired. NEVER!

[1970-01-01]

More proof that a nuclear nation can do whatever the hell it wants until the money runs out.

[lenkite]

More proof that a nation with "world reserve currency status" can do whatever the hell it wants until the world decides to move to other currencies. Alas, such nation is using violence (abduction+piracy+war), threats and coercion to ensure that never happens.

[dylan604]

Isn't that what happened to Russia? Didn't slow them down

[testing22321]

If negative 38 TRILLION dollars is not “run out”, what is?

[vivzkestrel]

is he planning to do a third term as well?

[esalman]

He's done planning, it's in execution stage now. Speaking from my experience of living unelected/farcically elected governments for ~20 years.

[greatgib]

"Freedom Online Coalition"

[tguvot]

actual list https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/with...

any way to update url in submission ?

[B5C8ECB24DB47D1]

Thank you!

[Timwi]

I don't understand why this is downvoted. It contains the actual list, while the main submission does not.

[petre]

Unsurprising. In his first mandate he withdrew the US from the TPP after 7 years of negotiation and the Iran nuclear deal (JOPA), the TTIP negotiations.

[cbradford]

America was likely forced to pay the bill for these elitist organizations. Good riddance

[cbradford]

Good riddance. American taxpayers were likely funding the bill for these elitist organizations. The world has moved on.