Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of removing the US WHOThe order to withdraw the US from the international health body was one of the numerous executive orders Trump signed on his first day in officeDuring his first tenure in office, Trump was critical of how the organisation handled the COVID-19 pandemic, which originated from China
Donald Trump, the 47th US President, has signed an executive order to commence the process of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The 78-year-old president said, “Oooh, that’s a big one,” as he signed the withdrawing order shortly after he arrived at the White House from the inauguration grounds. The withdrawal of the US from WHO was one of Trump’s executive actions on his first day in office.
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This development marked the second time that the newly inaugurated US president would pull the US out of the WHO.
During his first term in office, the US president was critical of how the international health body handled COVID-19 and commenced the process of pulling the US out of the institution during the pandemic. President Joe Biden later reversed the action.
According to the BBC, Trump signing the executive order on day one in office indicated that the US may formally detach itself from the global agency.
On why the withdrawal, the order reads in part:
“Due to the organization’s mishandling of the Covid-19 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.”
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The executive order also said the withdrawal was the result of “unfairly onerous payments” the US made to the WHO, which is part of the United Nations.
When Trump was still in office the first time around, he was critical of the organization for being too “China-centric” in its approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump alleged that the organisation was being biased about China concerning how it released guidance during the pandemic.
Under the Biden administration, the US continued to be the largest funder of the WHO, contributing almost one-fifth of the agency’s budget in 2023.
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