President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO).
When President Trump was seen signing the executive order, he said: spoke President Trump said the US “paid $500 million” to the WHO during his first term, adding that China paid less to the agency, which he felt “seemed a little unfair.” .
“That's a big problem,” President Trump said. “So we paid $500 million for…” [the] When I was here, we abolished the World Health Organization. China, out of a population of 1.4 billion, we have 350… No one knows what we have because so many entered the country illegally. But let's say we had $325 and they had $1.4 billion and they were paying $39 million and we were paying $500 million. It seemed a bit unfair to me, so I dropped out, although that wasn't the reason. ”
As Breitbart News previously reported, Trump admitted during his first term as president that he was considering donating $40 million to the WHO.
In 2009, the United States sent about $450 million to the WHO, while China only sent about $40 million.
Trump added that the WHO offered to “pay $39 million and come back.”
“When Biden came back, they came back with $500 million,” Trump continued. “He knew you could come back for $39 million. They really wanted us back, so let's see what happens.”
As Breitbart News previously reported, ahead of the 2020 presidential election, former President Joe Biden, then the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, promised to rejoin the WHO on his first day in office.
Biden's pledge comes after Trump announced in May 2020 that the U.S. would end its relationship with the WHO, and Trump said Chinese officials had “adequately reported the details of the coronavirus.” They accused him of not doing so.
On Biden's first day in office in January 2021, he “reversed the following decisions made by the Trump administration.” withdraw From the World Health Organization.” new york times.
