Mr. Lawrence Gostin, professor of global health at Georgetown Law School (USA) shared with the newspaper Financial Times that: “I have reliable information that he plans to withdraw from WHO, possibly on the first day or early in his term.”
Mr. Trump’s side has not commented on the above information.
Mr. Trump will withdraw the US from WHO in 2025
According to Reuters, the above scenario is consistent with Mr. Trump’s long-standing criticism of the United Nations health agency and would mark a drastic change in US global health policy.
Financial Times quoted Mr. Ashish Jha, former White House Covid-19 response coordinator, saying that President-elect Trump’s team wants the US to withdraw from WHO on the first day of Mr. Trump’s term, seeing it as a symbol. Reversing the move that his predecessor Joe Biden made on his inauguration day.
US President-elect Donald Trump
On January 20, 2021, US President Joe Biden restored relations between the US and WHO after Mr. Trump initiated the process of withdrawing from the organization for criticizing the WHO’s response capacity to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020, Mr. Trump criticized the WHO for being under China’s “control” and announced a redirection of US contributions to other health initiatives.
Currently, the US is the WHO’s largest donor, contributing about 16% of the budget for the period 2022 – 2023. The US withdrawal could cause the organization to lose important resources to respond to crises. public health crisis.
“The US will leave a huge gap in global finance and health. I don’t see any country that can fill that gap. I cannot imagine a world without a strong WHO. But the withdrawal America’s withdrawal will seriously weaken this agency, according to Professor Gostin.
When asked about concerns if the administration of US President-elect Trump withdraws from the organization, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently said that they need to give the US time and space to transition, Mr. Ghebreyesus also expressed. confidence that countries can complete an agreement on the pandemic by May 2025.
