No Pandemic Fund For W.H.O - Donald Trump

Donald Trump attacked the W.H.O. for handling of the coronavirus outbreak and its criticisms of his policy.

Trump Attacks W.H.O. and Ousts Watchdog for Pandemic Fund

President Donald Trump lashed out on Tuesday at the World Health Organization, choosing a new political enemy to attack withhold funding from a premier health institution even as a deadly virus ravages nations around the globe.

“We are going to put a hold on money spent to the W.H.O., we are going to put a very powerful hold on it.” 

Mr. Trump said during the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House, accusing the organization of having not been aggressive enough in confronting the virus.

 “They called it wrong. They call it wrong. They really, they missed the call.”

In fact, the World Health Organization sounded the alarm in the earliest days of the crisis, declaring a “public health emergency of international concern” a day before the US secretary of health and human services announced the country’s own public health emergency and weeks before Mr. Trump declared a national emergency.

In fact, the Officials of W.H.O. repeatedly issued warnings about the emergence of the virus in China and its spread across the world.