"Due to the fact that they (WHO. - RT ) refused to carry out the required reforms, today we are ending our relations with the World Health Organization," Trump said.
BREAKING: "We will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization" and redirecting funds, Pres. Trump says. The announcement followed comments in the Rose Garden highly critical of China. https://t.co/zYfUs886AFpic.twitter.com/YMNVZa8D18
- ABC News (@ABC) May 29, 2020Earlier, trump sent a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, in which he stated that the US Presidential Administration had investigated the organization’s response to the situation with COVID-19.
It noted that this test revealed fears that WHO should have responded to, "a particularly worrying lack of independence of the organization from the PRC."
As Trump pointed out, “if WHO does not guarantee major major improvements for 30 days,” he will temporarily freeze WHO funding and re-examine US membership.