Mr. Trump suddenly mentioned rejoining the WHO

Sheet New York Post On January 26, US President Donald Trump said he was considering the possibility of rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO), just a few days after signing an executive order withdrawing the US from this international organization.

“Maybe we will consider doing it again, I don’t know, they have to clean up a little bit,” the president said at an event at Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas (Nevada state) on January 25.

Mr. Trump came up with the above idea while complaining about the US paying more than necessary to this group of 194 countries. He compared the $500 million the US contributed with the $39 million contribution of China, a country with 1.4 billion people.

He has long criticized the organization for what he called a “failure to adopt urgent reforms” and described America’s financial contribution as a “burden”.

In the final year of his first term, he began taking steps to withdraw the United States from the WHO. However, after Mr. Trump lost the election, former President Biden blocked this effort on his first day in office.

Immediately after taking office for his second term, Mr. Trump immediately signed an executive order directing the US to withdraw from WHO. Speaking at the White House a few hours after the inauguration, Mr. Trump said the United States spent more on this United Nations agency than China and added that “The World Health Organization has ripped off America.” .

The United States is the largest donor to WHO, an organization headquartered in Geneva (Switzerland), providing significant financial support and playing an important role in WHO’s activities.

In the executive order, Mr. Trump directed agencies to “pause the transfer of any U.S. government funds, support, or resources to WHO” and “identify trustworthy and transparent U.S. and international partners.” to undertake the necessary activities that WHO had previously carried out”.