IPNews-Monrovi:President Trump announced Friday that his administration is severing all ties with the World Health Organization, charging that the global group hasnβt been upfront about how the coronavirus pandemic spread from China.
Trumpβs announcement strips the WHO of the $450 million it usually receives in funding from the U.S. every year.
Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, Trump said that cash will now instead bankroll more βurgent global public health needs.” He did not elaborate.
Trump, whose administration has faced scrutiny over its lagging response to the COVID-19 pandemic, pointed fingers at the WHO for not being transparent about Chinaβs early efforts to contain the virus and claimed the organization is under βtotal control” by Beijingβs Communist regime.
βChina has total control over the World Health Organization despite paying only $40 million per year,β Trump said. βWe have detailed the reforms that it must make and engaged with them directly, but they have refused to act.β
The U.S. is the largest source of financial support for the WHO. Its exit is expected to significantly weaken the organization, which is a specialized agency within the United Nations responsible for international public health.
The U.S. pullout comes even as the world struggles to come to grips with the coronavirus pandemic.
More than 100,000 Americans have already died from the contagion and the U.S. economy is in disarray, with more than 40 million workers forced into unemployment.
βChina has total control over the World Health Organization despite paying only $40 million per year,β Trump said. βWe have detailed the reforms that it must make and engaged with them directly, but they have refused to act.β
Currenrly,the U.S. is the largest source of financial support for the WHO. Its exit is expected to significantly weaken the organization, which is a specialized agency within the United Nations responsible for international public health.
The U.S. pullout comes even as the world struggles to come to grips with the coronavirus pandemic.
More than 100,000 Americans have already died from the contagion and the U.S. economy is in disarray, with more than 40 million workers forced into unemployment.
Trying to steer the conversation away from his beleaguered COVID-19 response, Trump also announced in the Rose Garden that his administration is blocking certain graduate-level Chinese students from applying for U.S. visas over concerns that they may be using them to steal American intellectual property.
After making the dual announcements, Trump left the Rose Garden without taking any questions.- Courtesy to CBN News
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