U.S. President Trump condemned in his Twitter Tuesday (April 7) the World Health Organization (WHO) pro-Beijing for failing to address the new crown pandemic and said it would consider cutting funding for the international agency.
Trump accused the World Health Organization of "really messed up! "Trump said it was strange that the organization, with massive financial support from the United States, was circling around China.
"Fortunately, I rejected their proposal to keep the border open to China very early ," he added. "
"Why did they give us such a wrong suggestion? & quot;Trump asked.
Trump then announced that the United States would suspend funding to WHO, but a few minutes later, Trump added that he meant that the possibility would be studied.
Meanwhile, democratic governors, legislation and academics have criticized Trump for doing too little and too late to fight the epidemic.
On january 23rd, when the outbreak spread abroad and china was forced to order wuhan to seal the city, the emergency meeting held that night still refused to declare the outbreak a global public health emergency, which was later criticized as deliberately protecting china and delaying the best international time to fight the epidemic. The world newspaper reported at the time that the who has received strong resistance from china on whether to declare the new crown outbreak an international public health emergency.
At a Xi Jinping meeting with china`s president in beijing on january 28th, who`s director-general, tan desai, was criticized for echoing china`s official position and praising its achievements in combating the epidemic without making any criticism of china`s early withholding of information and a serious delay of several weeks, followed by widespread criticism of his performance in beijing.
Trump government announced travel restrictions on people from China on 31 January, and on 3 February, WHO said the ban was unnecessary.
Still, after attacking the world health organization on tuesday Trump, the co-national speaker defended tandesse, arguing that tandesse`s who has done a lot of work in supporting countries to fight the pandemic and helping transport millions of medical supplies and train personnel. "The World Health Organization demonstrates the strength of the international health system ".
Bloomberg reported last week a u.s. intelligence report that china has underreported the number of cases and death of the new crown virus.
Trump said he has also been sceptical about China`s report, and WHO has been criticized for not mentioning China`s data.
"Their numbers seem a bit downplayed, and when I say that, I am kind" Trump said at the daily briefing.
WHO is part of the common country, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with 194 members and two associate members, and has never been so widely criticized as it is today.
There are two sources of funding for WHO: assessed contributions and voluntary contributions: assessed contributions, like the organization`s contributions, are based on the wealth and population of Member States. Although the United States has paid the largest amount of assessed contributions, this amount has accounted for less than 25 per cent of total WHO income over the past few years.
