IMF, World Bank Brace for Trump’s ‘America First’ Makeover

The World Bank said it’s updated the administration on its reforms, focus on job creation and efforts to spur private capital.

Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are making their case against a potential breakup with the US under President Donald Trump.

The sister institutions — major forces of US global influence since World War II — are bracing for impact from Trump’s radical makeover of international relations, and pitching the administration on the value they bring to its more transactional America First ethos.