Trump signs an order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, a decision that would cut off one of the largest sources of funding for the UN organization.
Trump said in the Oval Office, “The United States The United States will withdraw from the World Health Organization, considering that the UN agency “has dealt poorly with the Corona virus pandemic and other international health crises.”
Trump claimed that the organization “failed to act independently, Away from the political influence of member states,” adding that it “demanded unfairly exorbitant payments from the United States, which are not proportional to the amounts provided by other, larger countries, such as China.”
Trump added, addressing reporters during the signing. On the resolution: “The World Health Organization has deceived us, and everyone is deceiving the United States. This will not happen anymore.”
The United States is the largest financial supporter of the World Health Organization, as it contributes approximately 18% of its total financing. The organization’s latest budget for two years (2024-2025) was $6.8 billion.
During his first term, Trump tried to withdraw from the organization during his last months in his first term, but the implementation of this decision faltered due to an old law in Congress requiring… The President gave a year’s notice, and former President Joe Biden decided to cancel it.
The World Health Organization strongly denies Trump’s claim that it “assisted China’s efforts to mislead the world about the origins of the Corona virus,” and says it continues to pressure… Beijing to share data to determine whether Covid-19 originated from human contact with infected animals, or due to a leak from a local laboratory.
US President Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States of America, yesterday, Monday, in Washington, DC.
On the first day of his presidency, US President Donald Trump signed live papers to cancel a number of executive orders issued by his predecessor, Joe Biden, out of about 80 decisions that he announced his intention to cancel, including pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters participated in storming the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s election as president in 2020.
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