Summary

Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) on his first day back in office.

This marks the second time Trump has initiated this process, citing the WHO’s “mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic,” failure to reform, political influence, and “unfairly onerous payments” by the US.

Public health experts warn the move could harm global disease control efforts and US leadership in health innovation.

Under Biden, the US was the WHO’s largest funder, contributing nearly 20% of its $6.8 billion budget in 2023.

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    3 months ago

    Because they made him look bad, contradicted him, and kept track of how bad the pandemic got.

    It should be wildly apparent that trump hates oversight - anyone keeping track of anything he’s even tangentially involved or interested in - far more so if it makes him look bad.

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    3 months ago

    Well, that’s just genius. Between things like this and Brainwormz, it’s like he wants lots more Americans to die than the last time he was in charge, where he was the cause of more American death than any other single cause.

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      3 months ago

      This won’t cause more deaths in America, but mostly in developing countries. It just proves america is best.

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    So at this point it’s apparent he learned nothing, and democrats genuinely thought they could force biden out, and we would just vote kamala in… Stupid pelosi, that’s not the reason kids love cinnamon toast crunch!

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      3 months ago

      Biden actually would have lost in a blowout. I think democrats not making any effort to reign in media and social media companies after the pandemic is the major problem.

      +There is a point where failing to knock on doors paired with media blaring lies everywhere ends up with a world where like average swing state morons are voting for a leopard to eat their face because the dems are the real face eaters or something.