Will Trump Actually Withdraw from the WHO?
His decision will be a harbinger of things to come
The Financial Times just published an eye-popping scoop that Trump transition team are drawing up plans to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization on day one of the Second Trump Administration.
From the FT:
Members of Trump’s team told the experts of their intention to announce a withdrawal from the global health body on the president-elect’s January 20 inauguration. The departure would remove the WHO’s biggest source of funds, damaging its ability to respond to public health crises such as the coronavirus pandemic.
The FT piece does not provide any definitive answer as to whether or not Trump will move forward with this plan, but it does show us that his team is very much actively considering a full American withdrawal from the World Health Organization.
We have, of course, seen this movie before.
In 2020, the Trump administration sought to withdraw the United St…
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