Trump stops funding for WHO



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The United States will stop funding for the World Health Organization while a review is underway, President Trump announced.

Speaking at the White House coronavirus briefing, Trump criticized the UN body and claimed that “his mistakes have caused so much death.”

The review will assess the organization’s role in “seriously mishandling and covering up the spread of the coronavirus,” he said.

“If WHO had done its job … the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death.”

“It would have been so easy to be honest,” he said of the Geneva-based organization.

Noting that US taxpayers contribute between $ 400 million and $ 500 million annually to the agency, he said: “In contrast, China contributes approximately $ 40 million and even less.”

“We have deep concerns about whether the generosity of the United States has been used to the best of its ability.”

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