Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , a New York Democrat, warned at the 2026 Munich Security Conference that if the United States withdraws from the world stage it will lead to "an age of authoritarians." "I think we need to revisit our commitments to international aid, not just USAID, but the dozens of global compacts that the current Secretary of State and President Trump have withdrawn from ," the congresswoman said in response to a question during a roundtable discussion. "They are