A new break is consummated for Donald Trump. After a tussle started with social networks, US President Donald Trump announced Friday, May 29, to end the relationship between his country and the World Health Organization (WHO), one of his preferred targets since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The American president was speaking from the White House during an address on the situation in Hong Kong.

Donald Trump accuses the WHO in particular of being too lenient with Beijing in managing the health crisis linked to the Covid-19. "Because they have failed to make the necessary and required reforms, we will end our relationship with the World Health Organization today and redirect these funds to other urgent and global public health needs that arise. deserve, "said the President of the United States.

With AFP

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