Vol. 42, No. 03
03/01/2026
Trump Strikes Major Blow to Globalism. Will It Last?
AT A GLANCE
• On January 7, Trump issued a memorandum directing U.S. withdrawal from international organizations and agreements “contrary to the interests of the United States.”
• Among the 66 affected entities, 31 are UN affiliates.
• The most consequential withdrawal is from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.
• Trump does not favor getting the United States out of the UN altogether, and has supported some UN programs.
Since its creation in 1945, the United Nations has been steadily eroding American independence while expanding its own power on the road to achieving its original purpose: world government. In the face of these globalist assaults on national sovereignty, most American leaders either turned a blind eye or welcomed them, rarely pushing back. In January, however, President Donald Trump took the biggest step since the UN’s establishment to restore American sovereignty, ordering the United States’ withdrawal from 66 international organizations and agreements, including key elements of the UN’s climate regime.
Although Trump’s order is indeed significant and historic, it is merely a first step. To restore American independence fully and permanently, Congress must follow up by getting the United States out of the UN system entirely — and Americans must put pressure on their congressmen to act.
Trump’s Memorandum
On January 7, Trump signed a memorandum titled “Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States,” which directs his administration to “take immediate steps to effectuate the withdrawal of the United States” from 66 international organizations and agreements that, according to a White House press release, “operate contrary to U.S. national interests, security, economic prosperity, or sovereignty.” The memorandum clarifies that these organizations and agreements will also lose U.S. funding.
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