The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.
Donald Trump's decision will have an even greater impact on the WHO, as the US is the main funder of the UN organization. This situation is likely to complicate many health policies, including the fight against future pandemics.
Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.
Experts have also cautioned that withdrawing from the organization could weaken the world’s defenses against dangerous new outbreaks.
Public health experts say there could be massive implications after President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.
As part of his blitz of executive orders, President Trump delivered on a promise to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. The Trump White House accuses the WHO of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and bias toward China.
One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”
As expected, President Donald Trump hit the ground running on Monday, signing scores of executive orders on various topics ranging from immigration to social issues. Among the policies implemented by Trump on his first day back in the White House were orders to withdraw the United States from two key international institutions.
(Corrects day of the week in the first paragraph to Thursday (not Wednesday)) WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump will speak remotely at the World Economic Forum on Thursday in Davos, Switzerland,
President Donald Trump is acting on his campaign promises at the fastest clip in modern memory — sending almost hourly shockwaves through the government, the legal system, the science community and around the world.
The orders signed at the White House included a directive to end birthright citizenship, a move sure to spark a constitutional fight over the 14th Amendment.