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U.S. is withdrawing from 66 international bodies
- tguvot 9mo agoactual list https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-international-organizations-conventions-and-treaties-that-are-contrary-to-the-interests-of-the-united-states/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/with... any way to update url in submission ?
- Timwi 9mo agoI don't understand why this is downvoted. It contains the actual list, while the main submission does not.
- B5C8ECB24DB47D1 9mo agoThank you!
- halperter 9mo ago> American taxpayers have spent billions on these organizations with little return, while they often criticize U.S. policies, advance agendas contrary to our values, or waste taxpayer dollars by purporting to address important issues but not achieving any real results. >By exiting these entities, President Trump is saving taxpayer money and refocusing resources on America First priorities. Taking a look at the actual list, many of these organizations deal with issues such as climate change, environmental protection, and education. I think this means two things: One, the U.S. is further breaking away from the rest of the world. Trump's "America First" policies have effectively broke alliances and trust. Two, the current administration is quite heavily biased against clean energy. A majority of the organizations left are governing/advising on environmental issues, namely renewable energy and climate change. Trump frames the decision as "pro-America"; Trump says "our" values, he means his/his party's. I don't think that many people who have put at least a little research into the subject would agree that a) Climate change is not an issue and b) Renewables are (or at least getting to be) a good alternative to our currently climate-change exacerbating sources of power. The U.S. is going to be divided more and more along party lines, and it's going to get harder and harder to stop.
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- tguvot 9mo agogenx or genz ?
- hiQloIQ 9mo agoGenX; our economic leadership raising prices on EpiPen, running ponzi schemes through big tech investment vehicles (for example but not limited to, various trade groups and standards bodies), insurance CEOs getting shot. The last gasp of 1900s American coke and booze binging wastoids. First generation of Americans handed a cubicle and Excel sheet as they got into the workforce, rather than a hammer, blow torch, or engineering book as those jobs were offshored. The make line go up pump and dumpers of NFTs and web3 and shitcoins the last 10-15. Chappelle and Gervais complaining about the world changing on them! Of all people how dare physics march on. Clowns GenZ hasn't had enough time to fail so spectacularly. GenX; the Daria generation of first wordlers who feel they have really seen some shit ...on TV, anyway... all those adults too shellshocked by endless war... oh wait no; just sad about Kurt Cobain still https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/gen-x-generation-discourse.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/style/gen-x-generation-di... Oh those poor first worlders reliant on sweat shop kids. The generation that 10-15 years ago chanted "disrupt!" GenX are now the age those Boomers were 10-15 years ago. Ripe for disruption There are signs they're being handed their hat; Mamdani in NY. Let's hope this is a real trend: https://fortune.com/2025/08/07/gen-x-ceos-decreasing-baby-boomers-millennials-corporate-career-ladder-ai-skills-business/ https://fortune.com/2025/08/07/gen-x-ceos-decreasing-baby-bo...
- tguvot 9mo agoall i was asking if genx "are low skilled know-nothings living on auto pilot inside media propagated memes about America" or did you mistyped
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- greatgib 9mo ago"Freedom Online Coalition"
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- stopbulying 9mo agoThat creates a lot of work for the next administration.
- ncr100 9mo agoThis is fairly routine -- for Democratic executive administrations to unfuck financial / other poor performance / bad health promulgated by prior Republican ones: Republicans since Reagan have prioritized tax cuts as an end in themselves, treating deficit concerns as secondary Democrats have generally accepted the post-1990s norm of PAYGO (pay-as-you-go) budgeting more consistently Trump has been remarkable effective and impactful, for a US President. His term makes me think maybe we DON'T want Presidents, as they're too powerful and it's too risky a structural design.
- jacquesm 9mo agoWe're well beyond what a democratic administration following the Trump one can undo, there is a large amount of permanent damage.
- tstrimple 9mo agoDemocratic measures against Republicans is always one step forward for every two steps back. It’s not enough and has never been enough because liberals don’t fight a fraction as hard to help people as conservatives do to fuck people over. Every single democratic administration wastes months to years trying some sort of reconciliation path with people who actively hate them and wonder why politics as usual isn’t working.
- anigbrowl 9mo agoI agree, but believe jacquesm is pointing to a larger problem: even with diligent and committed efforts by a different administration or a series of them, the rest of the world is not going to trust the US any more for a very long time. Partly thanks to social media, it's obvious that the political realignment we're seeing is not just the work of a few political strategists and manipulators, but that about a third of the US is consumed by a revanchist mindset with whom accommodation is impossible.
- vivzkestrel 9mo agois he planning to do a third term as well?
- esalman 9mo agoHe's done planning, it's in execution stage now. Speaking from my experience of living unelected/farcically elected governments for ~20 years.
- thomassmith65 9mo agoThe Trump administration seems eager to pit America against the rest of the world's nations, which altogether comprise 8 billion people. The USA has a population of around 0.4 billion. Until a future administration corrects course, the future will be one demoralizing failure after another.
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- thomassmith65 9mo agoI wrote "pit America against the rest of the world's nations" not based on this news alone, but on the totality of the past six months. For example: https://whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf https://whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-Natio... It's hard to think of a plausible scenario in which America carries on like this using hard power alone.
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- ehnto 9mo agoOn plumbing just because that was such a funny point to base the strength of a country on, the US didn't even exist when other countries already had plumbing.
- OGEnthusiast 9mo agoSo if the US not having plumbing in 1776 is evidence of weakness, then countries in 2025 that don't have indoor plumbing must be weak beyond comprehension to even take seriously, right?
- ehnto 9mo agoIf said countries were part of the conversation at all you might consider that a weakness, but looking at actual markers for geopolitical power you might not stress too much about plumbing, with or without it, in your analysis. Given the actual powers involved I do think you're underestimating the situation for the sake of talking down to a select few countries that don't really sway the needle much. There are absolutely countries worth worrying about on the global stage, plumbing not-withstanding.
- kazinator 9mo agoAn organization that is contrary to the interests of the US: that's exactly the sort of thing you want no American representatives in. Ideally, you don't even want second-hand information about what they are talking about and what decisions they are making.
- givemeethekeys 9mo agoI know, right!? Wait! You don't?
- kazinator 9mo agoI guess what you really want inside bodies that are contrary to your interests is not your official representatives, but moles pretending to be representatives of other states. (But not nobody at all.)
- givemeethekeys 9mo agoAren't all official reps moles? That's what a diplomat does - represent your best interests with a big smile talking to their guy or gal that also has a big smile. We're all friends here... until we're not.
- nielsbot 9mo agoIn your opinion, what's an example of such an organization? And why? What are the US's interests in that case?
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- josefritzishere 9mo agoPre-WWII the US was largely isolationist, but it's hard to argue this is a return to those values while we're funding the war on Gaza and electively invading Venezuela. This regime's policies are incoherent.
- garbawarb 9mo agoIt's pretty clearly "we're going to advance American interests and we don't care what others think." Taking matters into their own hands rather than relying on allies.
- 1970-01-01 9mo agoMore proof that a nuclear nation can do whatever the hell it wants until the money runs out.
- testing22321 9mo agoIf negative 38 TRILLION dollars is not “run out”, what is?
- ceejayoz 9mo agoPeople being unwilling to loan you more. Which, at present, seems quite a ways off still.
- testing22321 9mo agoHold that thought.
- ceejayoz 9mo agoHow long? I remember folks freaking out about $5T when I was in middle school.
- testing22321 9mo agoI reckon the coming war, no elections and then civil war ought to get it done. Three years, tops. Watching the two new ICE shootings, could be next week though.
- 1970-01-01 9mo agoIt happens in levels as the credit rating defaults
- observationist 9mo agoUS net worth, including government and private wealth, composed of financial and other assets, comes to around $200 trillion USD, including the $38T in debt. Total governmental assets come to around $25T. $38T in debt is bad, but that doesn't represent net worth.
- petre 9mo agoUnsurprising. In his first mandate he withdrew the US from the TPP after 7 years of negotiation and the Iran nuclear deal (JOPA), the TTIP negotiations.
- cbradford 9mo agoAmerica was likely forced to pay the bill for these elitist organizations. Good riddance
- cbradford 9mo agoGood riddance. American taxpayers were likely funding the bill for these elitist organizations. The world has moved on.