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Trump pulls U.S. out of international cyber orgs

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers remarks to the press in Washington on Dec. 19, 2025. Criminals have posed as Rubio in an attempt to uncover government secrets. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)

By Tim Starks

The Trump administration is withdrawing the United States from a handful of international organizations that work to strengthen cybersecurity.

As part of a broader pullback from 66 international organizations, the administration is leaving the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise, the Online Freedom Coalition and the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats.

Trump’s decision is in line with a president who has expressed hostility toward the existing international order, an approach critics fear creates a leadership power vacuum for U.S. adversaries to fill.

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