„I cannot allow American taxpayer dollars to continue to finance an organization that, in its present state, is so clearly not serving America’s interests,“ Trump’s letter read.
Trump had suspended U.S. funding to the World Health Organization last month, offering similar complaints to the ones in Monday’s letter. The move was widely panned as a way to deflect attention from Trump’s own slow response to the virus. Prior to the suspension, the United States was the largest donor to the WHO.
The WHO did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Trump administration had also made its displeasure with the WHO known during the organization’s annual meeting Monday. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that the World Health Organization “failed at its core mission,” adding that “at least one member country made a mockery of its transparency obligations,“ an apparent reference to China.
Xi, on the other hand, expressed support for a WHO inquiry into the global pandemic response during Monday’s meeting. He also supported offering global access to a Chinese-developed vaccine if the country were to successfully create one.
Source: politico.com
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