Na wah o! Trump dey pull US from plenty big international groups wey fit help for level. As e don sign executive order, 66 organizations don receive their walking papers!
According to wetin White House talk, Trump say make dem carry US body commot from 35 non-UN organizations and 31 UN bodies. Things wey include serious matter like climate change, democracy, and even peacekeeping!
Some of the organizations wey Trump wan waka go include Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Na that one wey set standard for international climate talk, meaning America dey walk away from wetin fit help the world tackle climate wahala.
Trump talk say dem don review am and decide say these organizations dey against American interest. Him call dem redundant and wasteful, just like when person throway old shoe away when e don spoil.
Meanwhile, plenty UN bodies wey dey work on human rights and peace, like UN Population Fund and UN Human Settlements Programme, dey also join the exit party. This move no gree many people sit well for their belly, as e go fit affect global cooperation wey don dey happen for ages.
We get pipo wey dey run their mouths, dey say this kind move na serious blow to global efforts wey suppose curb climate change. Scientist dey yell say if US waka from this organizations, e go give other countries excuse to take am easy with their own commitments too.
But Trump no send anybody. E don already pull US from World Health Organization (WHO) and even UN Human Rights Council before, calling dem all sorts of names. E get as e be, sometimes na just wahala wey no fit end.
For the Trump camp, dem dey argue say all these organizations dey mismanaged and no dey align with American values. Dem call am ‘America First’ policy, but e go dey interesting what go happen to international relationship going forward.
Experts don shout say dis kind decision fit make America lose its voice wey matter for international stage, especially as UN dey face plenty wahala for funding since US don cut support for UN agencies. Na so e dey go; America dey try to flex muscle wey fit make dem look like dem no need anybody.
But as we know, na teamwork dey win game. Dis new strategy fit be like dis: dem no wan play with others, but how dem go dey manage their own issues without global cooperation? The future dey look cloudy, and na the global community wey go feel the heat when these organizations start to collapse.
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