The United States on Tuesday withdrew from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), stating that it believes that the country's continued involvement in UNESCO is not in its national interest.

President Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the "woke" and "divisive" U.N. culture and education agency UNESCO, the White House said on Tuesday, repeating a move he took in his first term that was reversed by Joe Biden.

The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that the United States has decided to exit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.