The agency is not in line with “America First.”
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that the United States will exit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
“President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from UNESCO – which supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes that are totally out-of-step with the commonsense policies that Americans voted for in November. This president will always put America First and ensure our country’s membership in all international organizations aligns with our national interests,” White House Deputy Spokesperson Anna Kelly said on Tuesday.
State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that “continued involvement with UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United States.”
“UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals, a globalist, ideological agenda for international development at odds with our America First foreign policy,” the statement read. “UNESCO’s decision to admit the ‘State of Palestine’ as a Member State is highly problematic, contrary to U.S. policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organization.”
🚨 BREAKING: Trump administration pulls US back out of UNESCO, citing its inclusion of 'State of Palestine' and support for 'woke' causes pic.twitter.com/xfsjnpPcA7
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 22, 2025
Buce also shared a message on X, saying, “Today, the United States announced our decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Like many UN organizations, UNESCO strayed from its founding mission. Going forward, U.S. participation in international organizations must make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.”
Today, the United States announced our decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Like many UN organizations, UNESCO strayed from its founding mission. Going forward, U.S. participation in international organizations must make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.
— Tammy Bruce (@statedeptspox) July 22, 2025
Trump withdrew the U.S. from UNESCO in October 2017, during his first term, but former President Joe Biden had the country rejoin the agency in 2023.
More over at Fox News:
Trump pulled us out of a UN agency because it was using our money to push woke nonsense around the world.
Good. The UN is the not in the best interest of the U.S. https://t.co/oqFVF3k9DH
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) July 22, 2025
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