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On January 7, US president Donald Trump promised to withdraw the US from 35 international organizations and 31 UN agencies:

The Memorandum orders all Executive Departments and Agencies to cease participating in and funding 35 non-United Nations (UN) organizations and 31 UN entities that operate contrary to U.S. national interests, security, economic prosperity, or sovereignty.

Unverified: then the White House deleted the announcement from their website (personal note: I did receive 404 on it for a while).

Correction: announcement is still up or has reappeared. An archived copy is also available in case they change their mind.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe you don't buy MAD, but actual (rather than potential, never-to-pass) use was never mentioned. That just feels like straight up putting words in my mouth, please take it back.

Which other powers are you worried about? Russia is busy and struggling, China is far enough away from Europe it's hard to picture them directly fighting each other. My own country uniquely has exposure to both China and the North Atlantic, but China won't invade here anytime soon, while the US is a very real threat.

Your implication is that NATO being gone is a shrug.

If that was conveyed, it wasn't meant. Again, there's no really good options in a world where the US is sliding into fascism, and no option where NATO lasts past the medium term, anyway. It's just a question of what order things break in.