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The United States plans to withdraw from 66 international entities for operating “contrary to U.S. national interests,” the White House announced on Wednesday. Many of the targets are United Nations-related agencies that focus on climate, gender, health, and labor issues—all areas that President Donald Trump has characterized as being part of the liberal “woke” agenda.

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The United States plans to withdraw from 66 international entities for operating “contrary to U.S. national interests,” the White House announced on Wednesday. Many of the targets are United Nations-related agencies that focus on climate, gender, health, and labor issues—all areas that President Donald Trump has characterized as being part of the liberal “woke” agenda.

According to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, these institutions are “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.”

However, experts argue that a lack of U.S. involvement could hinder these institutions’ effectiveness, reduce Washington’s influence on the world stage, and hurt millions of people who depend on these entities for lifesaving support.

Among the entities targeted is the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is considered the

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