Trump withdraws US from international organizations, White House says
reuters.com404 but this link is currently listed by google. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/01/fact-sheet-pr...
More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46535737
This entirely flew under the radar because of FTZ BS.
66 including:
- U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- UNESCO
- Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
- Global Counterterrorism Forum
- Carbon Free Energy Compact
- United Nations University
- International Cotton Advisory Committee
- International Tropical Timber Organization
- Partnership for Atlantic Carbon Free Energy Compact
- Pan-American Institute for Geography and History
- International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
- International Lead and Zinc Study Group
Some odd choices there, but UNESCO is mostly a junket. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance has it all in the name.
US based big tech firms earn typically get 50% to 60% of revenue from outside the US. Still think techno-fascism, isolationism, and appeasement of Putin is the way forward?
Not a fan of Trump but a lot of these international organisations do lack democratic scrutiny and are trying to move us towards a global government.