He defends the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations ordered by Trump
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio proclaimed the “end of the international system” on Saturday, citing flaws such as “wastefulness” and “inefficiency,” and thus defended the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations ordered by President Donald Trump.
“Leadership involves difficult choices and the ability to recognize when institutions created to foster peace, prosperity, and freedom become obstacles to those goals. What we call the international system has been overwhelmed by hundreds of opaque international organizations, many with overlapping mandates, duplicating efforts, and producing ineffective results and questionable financial and ethical management,” Rubio stated in a press release published by the State Department.
Rubio emphasized that the withdrawal from these 66 organizations does not mark the end of the review of US participation in international bodies. “This does not mean that the United States is turning its back on the world. We are simply rejecting an outdated model of multilateralism,” he said.
He argued that the international model has “failed” and is “impossible to reform.” “Even those that previously performed useful functions have become instruments contrary to our nation’s interests,” he asserted.
“These organizations not only fail to deliver results, but they also obstruct the actions of those who want to address these problems. The era of blank checks for international bureaucracy is over,” he added.
Rubio cited the UN Population Fund and its “long history of ethical violations such as forced abortions,” UN Women for “not even being able to define what a woman is,” the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change for spending millions on “alarmist investments,” and the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent for its “openly racist policies in support of global reparations” as examples of mismanagement.
