On January 7, US president Donald Trump promised to withdraw the US from 35 international organizations and 31 UN agencies:

The Memorandum orders all Executive Departments and Agencies to cease participating in and funding 35 non-United Nations (UN) organizations and 31 UN entities that operate contrary to U.S. national interests, security, economic prosperity, or sovereignty.

Unverified: then the White House deleted the announcement from their website (personal note: I did receive 404 on it for a while).

Correction: announcement is still up or has reappeared. An archived copy is also available in case they change their mind.

  • village604
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    2 months ago

    He hasn’t exactly let that stop him before, especially since MAGA controls Congress.

    • perestroika@slrpnk.netOP
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      2 months ago

      To my understanding, there are multiple republican congress critters against leaving NATO - so, despite nominal MAGA control, no majority.

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        2 months ago

        Did they actually vote that way? I wouldn’t trust any of them on their word.