Europe Braces for Fallout as US Withdraws From Global Organisations

U. S., announced withdrawal from 66 international organisations, signalling a sharp retrenchment from multilateral governance and raising concerns among allies about stability and cooperation.

In a post published on X¹ in the early hours of Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would withdraw from 66 international organisations that the Trump administration considers anti American, wasteful or ineffective. The statement was accompanied by a formal press release from the State Department dated January 7 2026², framing the move as the fulfilment of a campaign pledge by Donald Trump to end what the administration describes as subsidies to global bureaucracies acting against US interests.