The end of an era. Trump will announce a fateful decision for the US on inauguration day
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Sun, 22 Dec 2024 23:12:12 +0200
The US may withdraw from the WHOAs journalists learned from their insiders, members of Donald Trumps transition team are increasingly pushing him to make such a decision.The official announcement of this decision may take place as early as January 20, 2025.What is important to understand is that this will effectively be the end of an era for the US presence in the WHO.Experts point out that this exit will deprive the organization of its largest source of funding, which will harm its ability to respond to health crises such as the coronavirus pandemic.Against this background, one cannot ignore the fact that the United States is the largest single donor to the WHO, providing about 16 of its funding in 202223.This is not Trumps first attemptAs mentioned earlier, 4 years ago, the Republican leader initiated the process of withdrawing from the WHO due to the spread of Covid19.Then Donald Trump publicly accused the organization of being under the control of the Chinese authorities.What is important to understand is that the exit process has begun, but it has not been completed.The main reason was that his successor, Joe Biden, restored relations with the organization on his first day in office in 2021.
According to insiders, the future US president is now determined to move much faster on this issue after immediately starting the process.
At the same time, some members of Trumps team would like to stay in the organization and continue its reform, but another group that believes in the need to sever ties has won this argument.
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