Donald Trump issued an executive order withdrawing the United States of America from the World Health Organization [WHO] moments after he was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
In the making the withdrawal, the CNN reported that the text by President Trump cited the “[WHO’s] mishandling of the [2020] pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.”
He has been critical of the WHO, and according to the CNN, has been uncomfortable over what he sees as the United States’ larger share of contribution to the global health body.
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“Trump believes that America was paying too much money to the organization compared to other countries. The order also says that the WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the US,” the CNN reported.
The order withdrawing the US from the WHO will now see a process that could last one year that will eventually see the US pull away from the global health body. According to Lawrence Gostin, professor of law and global health at George Washington University and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Public Health Law & Human Rights, who spoke with ABC News, Trump will likely act as if he’s already withdrawn, disengaging from the WHO, and without bipartisan agreement from Congress to overturn Trump’s action, the WHO will officially lose its largest funder by 2026.
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