President Trump on Friday announced that the U.S. is “terminating” its relationship with the embattled World Health Organization (WHO) over its failure to enact reforms in the face of U.S. concerns over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its pro-China bias.
“Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today be terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs,” Trump said at a press conference.
Trump froze U.S. funding to the organization this month, and later made that freeze permanent. The U.S. had been the top contributor to the agency.
As a retired Navy Rear Admiral and as President Trump's former White House physician, I've seen first-hand how the WHO undermines our interests. The WHO does NOT have the best interests of the United States at heart. We should NOT be paying their bills! https://t.co/QN796zekpk
— Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJackson4TX) May 21, 2020