Donald Trump has announced his intention to leave the WHO as soon as he takes office as a new one president in the White House next January 20th, a decision that will result in a halt to all funding from the United States which to date represent the majority of all the funds with which the World Health Organization is subsidized. The Financial Times anticipated the news, confirmed by the transition team and by officials in charge of the health department, in line both with Trump's ideas and with the wishes of the new secretary Robert Kennedywhich in the past especially during the Covid pandemichad repeatedly criticized the WHO.
Both for the management of information on the health emergency than for supporting the effectiveness of vaccines without giving space to those who wanted more transparency regarding the possibilities side effects. Numerous experts, interviewed by the financial newspaper, commented on the hypothesis, arguing that the US withdrawal represents a serious threat which could put all at risk activity informative and preventive measures implemented by the Institute to protect the global health.
Why Trump wants to leave the WHO
Il team at Donald Trump announced that the US exit from the WHO it could arrive as early as the same day as the start of the newly elected president's second term. The news, as underlined by the Financial Timesis not new but as a confirmation of will already expressed during the first presidency Trump, when the World Health Organization had already received communication for the interruption of the financial relations with the United States. The collaboration, restored thanks to Bidenwhich had effectively revoked the previous decision, is now in serious danger.
This, according to many experts, poses risks to the very survival of the institution it would lead the United States to sever ties with the international health authority operating through the institute. There difference of opinion however, it had been widely demonstrated by Trump and his collaborators, especially during the management of the pandemicwhen the WHO was accused of not having appropriately condemned China for the lack of transparency on the diffusion of the virus. Now, declarations are expected from the leaders of the organization which for the moment are refrain from commenting the hypothesis.
