President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is halting funding to the World Health Organization while a review is conducted.
Trump said the review would cover the WHO's "role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus."
Trump's announcement comes in the middle of the worst global pandemic in decades and as he angrily defends his own handling of the outbreak in the United States.

Amid swirling questions about whether he downplayed the crisis or ignored warnings from members of his administration about its potential severity, Trump has sought to assign blame elsewhere, including at the WHO and in the news media.

The US funds $400 million to $500 million to the WHO each year, Trump said, noting that China "contributes roughly $40 million."

"Had the WHO done its job to get medical experts into China to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out China's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death," Trump said.
His decision to withdraw funding from the WHO follows a pattern of skepticism of world organizations that began well before the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has questioned US funding to the United Nations, withdrawn from global climate agreements and lambasted the World Trade Organization -- claiming all were ripping off the United States.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said earlier Tuesday that while the WHO and China "made mistakes," Trump is also looking to deflect blame from his own administration.
"Right now, there is a very coordinated effort amongst the White House and their allies to try to find scapegoats for the fatal mistakes that the President made during the early stages of this virus," he said.

Murphy added: "It is just wildly ironic that the President and his allies are now criticizing China or the WHO for being soft on China when it was in fact the President who was the chief apologist for China during the early stages of this crisis."
Trump said Tuesday if the WHO had acted appropriately, he could have instituted a travel ban on people coming from China sooner.
He said the WHO made a "dangerous and costly" decision to oppose travel restrictions from China.
But just days before Trump instituted his ban on travelers from China, he also was praising the country.
On January 24, Trump tweeted: "China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!"

Later Tuesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo echoed Trump's criticism of the WHO, but did not specifically react to the announcement that the US would withhold funds from the global body.
"We need answers to these questions, we need transparency and we need the World Health Organization to do its job, to perform its primary function, which is to make sure that the world has accurate, timely, effective, real information about what's going on in the global health space, and they didn't get that done here," Pompeo said in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity.

Pompeo had reiterated the administration's dissatisfaction with the international organization amid the coronavirus pandemic in a series of interviews prior to the President's announcement.

"The World Health Organization in its history has done some good work. Unfortunately, here it didn't hit the top of its game, and we need to make sure that we push through efforts to fundamentally change that or make a different decision that says we're going to do our part to make sure that these important world health obligations, things that frankly keep Americans safe too, actually function," Pompeo said in an interview with "Good Morning Orlando."

And just weeks earlier, Pompeo and the State Department had highlighted the US contribution to the global pandemic response, including its role as "the largest supporter of the World Health Organization since its creation in 1948."
Tuesday's announcement about the halting of funding came days after a major US ally -- the United Kingdom -- announced an additional £65 million contribution to the WHO.
The move to freeze the funding is the latest in a series of administration actions against international multilateral organizations. Prior to the pandemic, the administration's fiscal year 2021 proposal laid out a $65 million cut to the World Health Organization -- a more than 50% decrease over FY20.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/donald-trump-world-health-organization-funding-coronavirus/index.html

Na wa ooo
lalasticlala

hope this wont affect the organization like this

saw this coming

Trump doesn't make empty threats

e don happen

WHO has been acting as a Chinese government mouthpiece regarding the virus

Very soon that UN office go burn fire.

Whatch and see how the will burn into ashes and turn to story for the Gods

China US row continues but I think Trump was right about not doing enough to get into China and verify things.

It is getting hot. This virus outbreak is going to wreak a lot of havoc. If this is not brought under control sooner the US economy will tank and Trump is not going to take it laying down.

CodeTemplar:
China US row continues but I think Trump was right about not doing enough to get into China and verify things.

of recent WHO Have being admitting their mistakes

lalasticlala

WHO
is an organization of drug baron
So much incompetent hand,
They went against Taiwan in favour of china
When they were warning the whole world earlier
They were ther when china killed,the so called doctor informant
And they once said there is no need for border closing

Let China and Russia for once in their lives take responsibility!

China should single-handedly fund WHO, shebi they are richest country on earth now abi?

Trump is an irredeemable tyrant

As usual Trump worshipping, empty headed ignorant buffoons will come in adulating the action of thier hero.

If you blind idiots can imagine what damage such a decision will do, especially at such a time like this.

Even if you have issues which you are entitled to, must you take such a decision IN THE MIDDLE OF THE F&-& ING CRISIS??

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LivingSage:
Trump is an irredeemable tyrant

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LivingSage:
Trump is an irredeemable tyrant

Better than dumbohari.

Nigeriabiafra80:
[s]WHO
is an organization of drug baron
So much incompetent hand,
They went against Taiwan in favour of china
When they were warning the whole world earlier
They were ther when china killed,the so called doctor informant
And they once said there is no need for border closing[/s]

They work with evidence. Fact and figures. Not stupid emty theories like your hero Trump who claimed without any conclusive evidence that chloroquine was the wonder drug for covid cure.

Btw why haven't they rolled out the drug.

SciLab:


Better than dumbohari.

Trump worshippers and Buhari zombies belong to same class of humans.

Absolutely no difference between them.

Right now, there is a very coordinated effort amongst the White House and their allies to try to find scapegoats for the fatal mistakes that the President made during the early stages of this virus," he said.

Murphy added: "It is just wildly ironic that the President and his allies are now criticizing China or the WHO for being soft on China when it was in fact the President who was the chief apologist for China during the early stages of this crisis.

His minions will not see this one

alezzy13:


They work with evidence. Fact and figures. Not stupid emty theories like your hero Trump who claimed without any conclusive evidence that chloroquine was the wonder drug for covid cure.

Btw why haven't they rolled out the drug.

they work with evidence my left nyash,yet said the virus is cant be transmitted by human to human,
Tmao they will say use face mask
Next tmao they will say dont use facemasks
The Taiwan that warn WHO that the virus is been spread in secrecy in China was accuse of racist comment by that crack head Ethiopian
And WHO once said no need for border closing, and you said they work with fact
Fact indeed
And you dont even know the work of
WHO

CotenantNIG:
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is halting funding to the World Health Organization while a review is conducted.
Trump said the review would cover the WHO's "role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus."
Trump's announcement comes in the middle of the worst global pandemic in decades and as he angrily defends his own handling of the outbreak in the United States.

Amid swirling questions about whether he downplayed the crisis or ignored warnings from members of his administration about its potential severity, Trump has sought to assign blame elsewhere, including at the WHO and in the news media.

The US funds $400 million to $500 million to the WHO each year, Trump said, noting that China "contributes roughly $40 million."

"Had the WHO done its job to get medical experts into China to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out China's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death," Trump said.
His decision to withdraw funding from the WHO follows a pattern of skepticism of world organizations that began well before the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has questioned US funding to the United Nations, withdrawn from global climate agreements and lambasted the World Trade Organization -- claiming all were ripping off the United States.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said earlier Tuesday that while the WHO and China "made mistakes," Trump is also looking to deflect blame from his own administration.
"Right now, there is a very coordinated effort amongst the White House and their allies to try to find scapegoats for the fatal mistakes that the President made during the early stages of this virus," he said.

Murphy added: "It is just wildly ironic that the President and his allies are now criticizing China or the WHO for being soft on China when it was in fact the President who was the chief apologist for China during the early stages of this crisis."
Trump said Tuesday if the WHO had acted appropriately, he could have instituted a travel ban on people coming from China sooner.
He said the WHO made a "dangerous and costly" decision to oppose travel restrictions from China.
But just days before Trump instituted his ban on travelers from China, he also was praising the country.
On January 24, Trump tweeted: "China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!"

Later Tuesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo echoed Trump's criticism of the WHO, but did not specifically react to the announcement that the US would withhold funds from the global body.
"We need answers to these questions, we need transparency and we need the World Health Organization to do its job, to perform its primary function, which is to make sure that the world has accurate, timely, effective, real information about what's going on in the global health space, and they didn't get that done here," Pompeo said in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity.

Pompeo had reiterated the administration's dissatisfaction with the international organization amid the coronavirus pandemic in a series of interviews prior to the President's announcement.

"The World Health Organization in its history has done some good work. Unfortunately, here it didn't hit the top of its game, and we need to make sure that we push through efforts to fundamentally change that or make a different decision that says we're going to do our part to make sure that these important world health obligations, things that frankly keep Americans safe too, actually function," Pompeo said in an interview with "Good Morning Orlando."

And just weeks earlier, Pompeo and the State Department had highlighted the US contribution to the global pandemic response, including its role as "the largest supporter of the World Health Organization since its creation in 1948."
Tuesday's announcement about the halting of funding came days after a major US ally -- the United Kingdom -- announced an additional £65 million contribution to the WHO.
The move to freeze the funding is the latest in a series of administration actions against international multilateral organizations. Prior to the pandemic, the administration's fiscal year 2021 proposal laid out a $65 million cut to the World Health Organization -- a more than 50% decrease over FY20.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/donald-trump-world-health-organization-funding-coronavirus/index.html

Na wa ooo
lalasticlala

nice one from Potus.

Nigeriabiafra80:
they work with evidence my left nyash,yet said the virus is cant be transmitted by human to human,
Tmao they will say use face mask
Next tmao they will say dont use facemasks
The Taiwan that warn WHO that the virus is been spread in secrecy in China was accuse of racist comment by that crack head Ethiopian
And WHO once said no need for border closing, and you said they work with fact
Fact indeed
And you dont even know the work of
WHO

Evidence evolves everyday. There is what you call the graded approach in terms of supporting studies before you can make a conclusive statement.

You say I don't even know WHO. I laff. Let me stop here.

alezzy13:


Evidence evolves everyday. There is what you call the graded approach in terms of supporting studies before you can make a conclusive statement.

You say I don't even know WHO. I laff. Let me stop here.

probably they didn't investigate anything rather was dishing out misinformation

alezzy13:


Evidence evolves everyday. There is what you call the graded approach in terms of supporting studies before you can make a conclusive statement.

You say I don't even know WHO. I laff. Let me stop here.

evidence evolves every dy ,shows thi incompetence,
That's trial and error

Nigeriabiafra80:
probably they didn't investigate anything rather was dishing out misinformation

they were acting as China's mouthpiece. They were just dishing out lies exactly the way the Chinese wanted it.

As at Jan WHO was telling the world no need to close thier borders to China. If they have done thier due diligence and not rely on mere information from Chinese gov we won't be in this mess. That African man should just step down.

Way to go Trump!
Next to go is sham United Nations!

LivingSage:
Trump is an irredeemable tyrant

thus saith a shithole citizen living in a shithole country.

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