Coronavirus: Trump says US may withhold funding from World Health Organisation
President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold US funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) because he claims the group did not react well to some of his regulations against China during the coronavirus pandemic.
The threat came during the White House's Tuesday press briefing where the president said his administration would 'look at' pulling funding from the WHO.
"We're going to put a hold on money spent for WHO," he said during the briefing before rolling back the statement to say the pulling of funding was up for consideration. Reasoning behind pulling the funding was over claims the WHO "missed calls" for the novel virus.
"They seem to be very China-centric. And we have to look into that so we'll look into it we pay for a majority of the money that they get," The president added.
While Mr Trump said he thought certain programs created by the WHO were worthwhile, he also said the organisation made mistakes, specifically opposing his decision to put a travel ban on China.
"We have to look into that, so we're going to look into it," he said.
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