The secretary of state explains how the international groups were anti-American, useless, or wasteful.
The State Department announced President Trump has withdrawn the United States from several dozen foreign organizations after a review of “wasteful, ineffective, and harmful” international organizations. Nearly half of the groups were affiliated with the United Nations.
“The Trump Administration has found these institutions 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,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated. “President Trump is clear: 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.”
He continued, “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. … These organizations actively seek to constrain American sovereignty.”
Secretary Rubio concluded, “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 of additional international organizations pursuant to the president’s executive order remains ongoing.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For President Trump and leaders in his Cabinet as they review U.S. membership and obligations to foreign organizations.
- For discernment for Secretary Rubio as he oversees the review of American participation in international groups.
Sources: State Department
