The United States government has announced its decision to withdraw from 66 international organizations. This move follows Executive Order 14199 and is part of an ongoing review by the Trump Administration aimed at evaluating the effectiveness and relevance of U.S. participation in global institutions.
According to the administration, these organizations were found to be "redundant in their scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors advancing their own agendas contrary to our own, or a threat to our nation’s sovereignty, freedoms, and general prosperity." President Trump stated: "It is no longer acceptable to be sending these institutions the blood, sweat, and treasure of the American people, with little to nothing to show for it. The days of billions of dollars in taxpayer money flowing to foreign interests at the expense of our people are over."
A list detailing the 66 organizations from which the U.S. will withdraw has been made available by the administration.
The statement further criticized what it described as a shift in many international organizations away from their original purpose toward agendas that include diversity mandates and climate initiatives. The administration argued that these priorities do not align with American interests. "As this list begins to demonstrate, what started as a pragmatic framework of international organizations for peace and cooperation has morphed into a sprawling architecture of global governance, often dominated by progressive ideology and detached from national interests. From DEI mandates to 'gender equity' campaigns to climate orthodoxy, many international organizations now serve a globalist project rooted in the discredited fantasy of the 'End of History.' These organizations actively seek to constrain American sovereignty. Their work is advanced by the same elite networks—the multilateral 'NGO-plex'— that we have begun dismantling through the closure of USAID," according to the statement.
The administration emphasized its intention not to support or participate in institutions it views as irrelevant or conflicting with U.S. interests: "We will not continue expending resources, diplomatic capital, and the legitimizing weight of our participation in institutions that are irrelevant to or in conflict with our interests. We reject inertia and ideology in favor of prudence and purpose. We seek cooperation where it serves our people and will stand firm where it does not."
Review efforts regarding other international organizations are still underway.
