President Donald Trump on Tuesday April 14, announced that he has stopped US' funding of the World Health Organization over its "role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus."
The US President who disclosed that a review is currently being conducted, stated that the UN agency failed "in its basic duty”. He added that the most dangerous and costly decisions from the WHO, was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from China and other nations.
Trump told journalist at the White House;
“Today I am directing my administration to halt funding while a review is conducted to assess the World Health Organization’s role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus.
“American taxpayers provide between $400 million and $500 million per year to the WHO and in contrast, China contributes $40 million a year or even less.
“As the organisation’s leading sponsor, the United States has a duty to insist on full accountability. One of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the WHO was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from China and other nations.
“The WHO failed in its basic duty and must be held accountable.
“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,” he told reporters.
“This would have saved thousands of lives and avoided worldwide economic damage. Instead, the WHO willingly took China’s assurances to face value… and defended the actions of the Chinese government.
“With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have deep concerns whether America’s generosity has been put to the best use possible.”
WHO executive director Dr Michael Ryan had hailed China for its ‘transparency’ with the coronavirus outbreak in January. But US intelligence officials now believe the country’s communist government told multiple lies about their outbreak, and think the official death toll of 3,400 is way under the true figure of around 40,000 people killed.
At Tuesday's press briefing, Trump directly accused China of covering up the threat of coronavirus, in contrast to a tweet he sent on January 24. The tweet read;
'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!’
President Trump stopped US funding of the WHO, barely a week after the international health organization Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom accused him of ‘playing politics’ with the crisis.
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CHINA all the way...all China haters, including Trump should start by destroying whatever device they used to post their comment because there's a 99.99% chance it was Made in China. Hahahahahahahahahahahah
The US can go to hell. Trump's big ego is deflated by China's excellent handling of COVID compared to America's disastrous handling. Trump can shove all the dollars in his a$$$$$$$$
Are you that moron? You only suspend funding as a form of punishment only when this pandemic is over and that will be a bit reasonable. But when you are still fighting a pandemic why withdraw that can help research project aimed at finding solution to this problem. Only a saa3mea leader does this. This is a global problem so no single nation can stay out in its fight.
Are you that moron? You only suspend funding as a form of punishment only when this pandemic is reasonable and that will be a bit reasonable. But when you are still fighting a pandemic why withdraw that can help research project aimed at finding solution to this problem. Only a saa3mea leader does this. This is a global problem so no single nation can stay out in its fight.
For once, Trump is correct to stop funding WHO. China lied and lied like they are racially abusing African. WHO has a duty to investigate the outbreak and see whether the virus outbreak has implications beyond China and WHO failed. Accountability time as Trump is accounting to American through daily updates. If China wants to lead the World, then they should act responsibly period.
To refer to him as i.m.b.er.cile is way outside the box. If it was your father would you have said that? Trump has raised critical questions, WHO has messed up, yes or no? America funds WHO true or false? Why did China infect the world with this, while it started earlier China suppressed data and even held some medical personnel to withdraw from further research The most ***barred word*** human being is better than a goat. Trump talks raw and straight so some of you don't like the truth so you are not happy. China has caused the world and has cost the world with all these no..n.sense. Some medical officials through research identified that Covid-19 was related to what at that time seems to have caused the rise in pneumonia in Wuhan. Tell me where some of these key medical personnel are, they were all forced to shut. There is so much info out there that all points to the fact that China has indeed deliberately caused that to the world. Is it true that China spends that low amount in funding the WHO? if true then why must you insult Trump? Everything the man is saying is true, so please stop that and learn..
Hmmmm say it again ooh Don Biko. Look how New Yorkers are dropoing like flies. Let them keep on with their praise singing.
This guy is worse than the covid-19 the world is dealing with now. Given another chance we would love to have to deal with covid-19 a second time than to have trump in the Whitehouse a second time! It is his attempt to stifle China's inevitable rise to global dominance which has partly fueled the mishandling of this pandemic! He is more a problem than a solution to this whole pandemic. How can the most powerful country in the world(at least for now)choose to have for a president an "im.bercile" who can't think beyond the door of his bedroom! He does not even understand the constitution which establishes his office and is set on a definite collision with his own state governors! And he has chosen to surround himself with the same like-minded ,incompetent, egotistic, racist, praise-singing and ***barred word*** team who simply refuse to understand that the way to win the battle against this virus is to win together with the rest of the world! No country can win the battle in isolation.