US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of bias toward China during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Trump told reporters he was"going to put a very powerful hold on" funding to WHO, the UN body whose biggest funding source is the United States.The US President has previously criticised other UN and multilateral agencies.
He gave no details about how much money would be withheld and minutes later during the same press conference he appeared to backtrack.According to Mr Trump, the WHO"seems to be very biased toward China. That's not right." His comments built on an earlier statement on Twitter in which he accused the WHO of being"very China centric."
The W.H.O. really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We will be giving that a good look. Fortunately I rejected their advice on keeping our borders open to China early on. Why did they give us such a faulty recommendation?Mr Trump asked why the WHO had given"such a faulty recommendation," apparently referring to the UN body's advice against curtailing international travel to stop the virus which first spread from China.
"Fortunately I rejected their advice on keeping our borders open to China early on," President Trump wrote, referring to his decision to ban travel from the country.
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