BREAKING NEWS: Trump announces that US will halt funding for WHO

US president Trump speaks at press conference on Tuesday evening

Donald Trump in a live press conference Tuesday evening announced that the US will be halt funding to World Health Organization (WHO) while a review is undertaken of the organization.

Trump outlined a laundry list of grievances that he has against the handling of the coronavirus pandemic by the WHO.

This comes at a time when Trump has been very critical of the Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom, accusing him of being biased towards China.

The World Health Organization is funded from assessed contributions from members states and voluntary contributions.

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44 Comments

  1. Jesus Saves
    April 28, 2020

    Trump Admin Redirects W.H.O. Funding To Samaritan’s Purse, Red Cross
    https://abc14news.com/2020/04/19/trump-admin-redirects-w-h-o-funding-to-samaritans-purse-red-cross/
    DNO please post the whole story.

  2. Annon
    April 17, 2020

    Thank God for that. Bill Gates is running the show there and funding it. It is a private corporation, not a government agency. And it has it’s own agenda, which is not friendly to the people on this planet. Another agency like the UN.
    The CDC, who many think is another government agency, is not. It is another corporation who advises and is involved with developing vaccines in conjunction with the pharmaceutical industry. It act as though it is a health advisory board. I would say there is a distinct ethics violation in this. The CDC also holds the patent for the Ebola virus.

  3. Ibo France
    April 15, 2020

    I never believed that I would ever agree with Lin Clown. His comments about the first reactions of Trump to Covid-19 are very factual. His assessment of Jason is painfully accurate. Trump knows that he has failed the American people on a colossal scale so he scapegoats the SG of the WHO for diversionary purposes. If it were not the WHO, it would have been Obama. Trump is a devout racist, a compulsive liar, a pathetic ignoramus. How can any proud, conscious sane person of African heritage give support to this idiot?

    • Gary
      April 16, 2020

      You agreeing to the opinion expressed by Lin Clown is convenient, because it has given you validity as to what you also believe about Trump, that’s all it is. To suggest that Lin Clown comment is factual is somewhat laughable. Do you know what it means to be factual, is this comment based on facts. To agree with someone opinion and call it factual simply because it fits your narrative giving you the means to advocate your usual rant, character assassination serves you very well.

      • Lin clown
        April 16, 2020

        GARY,I LIN CLOWN have LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR YEARS.I have paid tax to help make AMERICA GREAT.I was also trained as a Soldier by, and worked with the Americans.I know what I am talking about.WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR AMERICA.Did you know a BLACK MAN best chance in AMERICA is to join the MILITARY?Gary another overeducated uninformed ……

        • Gary
          April 17, 2020

          Wow, what’s all this about I,I,I,,I,what an outburst of the ego. Do you know what the ego is, it is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness, you have just displayed a perfect example. You have described me as uniformed and over educated. I will start with the latter, over educated – having too much academic education. I do not have any academic accreditation from any institution, as to being uniformed, someone once said “The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know” isn’t that sad. You made asked a question, “Did you know a BLACK MAN best chance in AMERICA is to join the MILITARY” really, pity your silliness. Take a walk in the City you live in and see the amount of homeless Black Veterans, ask them if joining the Military was the best thing they ever did, go to VA Hospital near you talk to Black Veterans, ask them if joining the Military was the best thing they ever did, isn’t that how you become informed, by caring to know.

  4. Nkrumah Kwame
    April 15, 2020

    Global problems require global solutions. Covid-19 does not respect borders – even closed ones – and its continued transmission anywhere poses a threat to health everywhere.
    Trump’s decision to suspend contributions to the WHO is an extraordinary act of moral abdication and international vandalism at a time when the world desperately needs to find means of working together to combat an unprecedented global threat.
    WHO is the only organisation in the world with the network and expertise to EFFECTIVELY perform this task.

    • Gary
      April 15, 2020

      “Global problems require global solutions,” nice cliche Attached to these words is a complex web which incorporates layers of deception and trickery, a subject for another time. Look at the world we live in and the so called global problems we are plagued with, can we honestly say that the so called global solution from institutions and persons we trust and put our faith in solved these problems. When will we wake up and and stop looking at appearances, your comment is just another opinion to the heap looking at appearances.

      To suggest “Trump’s decision to suspend contributions to the WHO is an extraordinary act of moral abdication and international vandalism” Wow. How do you arrive at having such an opinion. Have you look at the track record of The WHO since it’s existence.
      https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/06/world-health-organization-corrupt-wasteful/. You are entitled to your opinion, but could you be more informed and give your opinion some clout.

  5. Calibishie Warrior
    April 15, 2020

    And THAT is how Trump ends up with a second term. (And how he got the first). This is a unique time in America where misdirection and distraction win out over facts , intelligence and science. It is a trend that started out under GW Bush and continues now. Trump only did EVERYTHING wrong. Ignored WHO (yes) and his own intelligence briefings about the virus in early January, Rejected the WHO test kits in favor of his own botched kits, dismissed the virus as a flu which would go away , disbanded the pandemic task force and ignored the pandemic manual left to him by Obama. 7 weeks later when Americans are dying around him like flies under Baygon he goes to his old misdirection playbook (which, to be fair, worked for him in 2016). His travel ban from China is proving to be completely ineffective. The man is evil and stupid but beyond that now desperate as he sees his numbers dropping. Will America fall for it again? I have little faith in their ability not to do so.

    • Made in China
      April 16, 2020

      He is desperate and his numbers are dropping but he will get a second term. You people are so deluded you can’t even make up your mind as to which angle you want to spin things to. smh

  6. AnOpenEye
    April 15, 2020

    Trump put them on blast! The WHO advised wrongly and allowed the virus to spread.

  7. looking
    April 15, 2020

    I assume now all conspiracy theorist who were spreading their message about Bill Gates and his relationship with WHO are all happy now?

    • Lin clown
      April 16, 2020

      MADE IN CHINA you are talking about TRUMP job rating before COVID-19,not after COVID-19.Stop trying to full Dominicans.Trump brought unployment down to 3.4% .He was told about the virus by W H O and PETER NAVARRO he did nothing.Now 36,000 Americans are dead.

  8. Ras B
    April 15, 2020

    I do not always support President Trump and his decisions and actions. On this count though as it relates to WHO, CHINA and COVID-19, I believe he is right. His reasons though may differ from mine. How can you account for the WHO being willingly misled by China with no recourse. The decision to allow China to reopen its live wild animal markets even in the midst of the ongoing pandemic with no definitive cure is . The astonishing reality that China has told the world that they believe that this type of market was the source of the Corona virus outbreak. The Chinese closed and deep cleaned the entire market within 24 hours of the suggestion that this was the location of the outbreak!! Was this tantamount to clearing a crime scene before the evidence could be gathered. In light of all those inconsistencies and more, WHO has agreed for China to reopen its wet markets.There were enough reasons for the USA to use it’s might in telling WHO, it cannot be business as usual.

  9. Vla
    April 15, 2020

    America on their last days…600,000 n counting

  10. J.John-Charles
    April 14, 2020

    I saw an Australian journalist interviewing a Canadian who is working for the World Health Organization,and he refused to answer any question critical of the Chinese regime.
    On January 23th.the Chinese authorities banned all travel from Wuhan China,to any where in China, At the same time they were allowing plane loads of people from Wuhan to travel all over the world.Also China found a willing partner in WHO lying to the nations of the world.
    Now China is all over helping the weak and vulnerable.But let say again.
    It is like me setting your house on fire, then join the bucket brigade to put off the same fire.

  11. Go to Hell
    April 14, 2020

    All China can do is look for ways to exploit others and cheat . They think Trump is like the hungry hyenas be we have in leading us there nou. According to pM I say to China “go to hell”and get out of our damn business.

  12. jani
    April 14, 2020

    As usual, Trump is looking to deflect blame for his own failures.

    After he wasted weeks calling COVID-19 as harmless as the flu.

  13. Lin clown
    April 14, 2020

    Jason and Bwa Banday CANNOT READ.It does not make sense to educate people who cannot be educated.TRUMP IS LOOKING FOR A SCAPEGOAT BECAUSE HE FAILED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.He said COVID-19 was like the common cold,it would soon go away.In January he was told about the Virus by WHO.In January a memo was sent to the WHITE HOUSE by PETER NAVARRO Trump troubleshooter,warning them about the virus.Navarro said about 500,000 Americans would die if Trump did not take action.Bwa banday it is people with your MENTALITY who put trump in power.I lived in the USA for years,Trump is a LIAR and a RACIST,I hope you know AMERICA is WHITEMAN COUNTRY.You are a FOOLISH BLACK MAN.TRAITOR.

    • Made in China
      April 15, 2020

      ALL of the MSM was saying that the common cold is WORSE than the Chinese virus for months up until february. Trump was right that it was LIKE the common cold because as the REAL numbers are coming out we are seeing that it is not as bad as those scaremongering models of 100,000+ deaths made them out to be.

      And he did take action in spite of this cloud of false information including the propagation of the Chinese Communist Party’s lies by the WHO who told people that there was no evidence of human to human transmission at a time when Taiwan was already sounding the alarm and CHINA was censoring and disappearing doctors for trying to warn people.

      Trump banned travel from China early on and was called xenophobic and all types of other crap by the same people who are now saying he failed to act.

      You people are delusional and/or willfully ignorant. Thank God for the internet where people can get and share the TRUTH.

    • Bwa-Banday
      April 15, 2020

      My friend I was educated in lovely Dca not China so yes I can read English. The issue here is NOT about Trump and his seemingly failure to protect the USA after he was informed. That is for him and his citizens. Believe me the Americans will deal with that at their local political elections soon.

      The issue is a Global one where WHO failed to “credibly” inform us the GLOBAL citizenry of what was actually going on in China with Covid19. China was consumed with hiding what was going on and Tedros and WHO was lock in step with them. Any blind bat with commonsense can see WHO failed the world by lying and praising China when they should have been scolding them. Even Skerrit did not want to shut down Dca to upset the Chinese hence Amb. Martin Charles came and praised them instead of brining our children home early. They remained stuck except for a chosen few! Imagine that! Tedros has to go! And mark my words he will! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: . USA doh play bro :twisted:…

      • Man bite dogs
        April 16, 2020

        @Bwa-Banday, When you grow up get back to school and educate yourself uncle Tom.

    • Gary
      April 17, 2020

      They always say, empty barrels make the most noise. Do you think the silly uninformed opinions you express gives you the right to
      call a person uneducated and not being able to read, so long.

  14. Dr. De Balzo
    April 14, 2020

    It’s about time the world deal with Mr. Trump.
    His blatant diversion strategies to to distract and muddle the waters about his utter incompetence and plutocratic behaviour need to end.

    • Made in China
      April 15, 2020

      Thankfully we have the internet where the WORLD can see the truth so now people who think like you are increasingly in the minority and the people who understand what’s really going on are waking up and realizing that there are several others who think like them.

      Trump is right on track and his approval and job rating shows that.

  15. Bwa-Banday
    April 14, 2020

    If I was a seamstress I would fly to america and give President Trump a Big BJ……….Big Jolt :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: for mashing up WHO and the crooked Chinese. Hate trump but give him his BJ when he is right. Cant STOP praising that move. Now I want to see him and the African Nations start squeezing china where it hurts. STOP trading with them duty free.

    • Man bites dogs
      April 15, 2020

      @Bwa – Banday, You are the biggest Ahole ever with that brown or black stuff you have vomited out is sickening to say the least but I am not surprise you have written such a crap it stinks so badly no wonder you are a so-called Workers supporter. Trump is a loser and a liar on his way out his big mouth and fake tan wont save him he knows it that is why he is attempting to attack everybody even my beloved Dominica, China is fast overtaking America, the worst thing America has done apart for some bad mistakes was to vote a clown in as president was a step backwards big mouth nothing else but crap talking. Bwa-Banday you are welcome to kiss Trump where the sun never shines.

  16. Ibo France
    April 14, 2020

    Trump is an ‘arsonist’. He’s is setting the whole world ablaze.

    • jason
      April 14, 2020

      OK, then say exactly what he is doing wrong to set the world on fire and then say what you would do. And please don’t repeat what you hear from the media.

      • Man bites dogs
        April 15, 2020

        You or anyone else tell us what Trump is doing right or in that matter for black people in the USA and around the world he is even trying to split the Caribbean Region against each other, One good thing Covid-19 Virus has done is to expose the world such countries as the mighty so-called America to it knees and ahole Trump.

    • jason
      April 14, 2020

      And to add, why not blame China? But no, he is the bad man. I can promise you that Dominica’s economy like the other Caribbean countries will suffer because of China and the WHO! Let’s hope we don’t have a bad hurricane season on top of this. And if we do, I can promise you America will be there to help, NOT CHINA!

      • Lin clown
        April 15, 2020

        BWA BANDAY,if you know so much,how many FLIGHTS DID TRUMP ALLOW TO LAND IN AMERICA FROM CHINA,after he said he had closed the BORDERS to CHINA?How many people arrived from CHINA after Trump said he had closed the Borders?TELL US.

    • Channel 1
      April 14, 2020

      @Ibo France – Whoever that thought Trump is a mere joker better wake-up quick. In the 2016 US elections, Trump said he ain’t a politician and all this diplomatic and political correctness talk he ain’t in that.

      We are seeing the strategy of a no-nonsense business man who knows how to use leverage – ‘I pump money to you to do a job and you form the fool, YOU’RE FIRED’.

      The US as the possibly the largest government financial contributor to the WHO – reportedly about $400 million in just 2019 alone – has the right to halt its funding if it has credible reason to be suspicious of the WHO.

      Somebody should tell Skerrit & his crew in CARICOM to take up the slack & fund the ‘potential’ US$400 million shortfall to WHO. So all that money the US has been pumping into the WHO to help it & some of the leftist elements in the region were trying to fool us into thinking that it was only China, Venezuela & Cuba that were doing good for the region & world eh.

    • God's child
      April 14, 2020

      I THINK HE IS AN ORANGE PEEL HEAD. According to Gov Cummo He is not a king. He thinks he runs the world if he does not like you guess what YOU ARE FIRED. He thinks he runs the apprentice. What a piece of dirt sorry.

    • john B
      April 14, 2020

      I say China has set the world ablaze and their is concrete and visual proof and we’re all feeling it. The President has not sent the US to wars like all the previous presidents!

    • Made in China
      April 15, 2020

      More senseless rhetoric from people who couldn’t catch a clue even if it hit them in the face. For years we’ve had – senseless wars, constant pushing of ungodly policies (homosexuality, abortion etc), encroachment on freedoms, subversion of western values etc. Trump’s election put serious brakes on a lot of those plans which is why so many of the elites, the media and other world leaders are losing their minds.

    • Lin clown
      April 15, 2020

      First,AMERICA IS A MONEY MACHINE,money must flow or America is dead.COVID-19 has killed the American economy under the Trump administration,soup kitchens once reserved for the poor and homeless is now for everybody.AMERICA has fallen under TRUMP and will never be the same again.That is the reason Trump is looking for a scapegoat.The SUBWAY at 42nd STREET was a place for BEGGERS and the HOMELESS now under TRUMP it is going to be worse.Because KING TRUMP believe he know all almost 27,000 AMERICANS ARE DEAD.Trump with all his intelligence did not see COVID-19 coming.Trump should stop playing POLITICS with W H O for his incompetence

      • Gary
        April 16, 2020

        Why all this ranting, all you are doing is misrepresenting facts to suit your narrative. Let me ask you a question, who has demonstrated more incompetence Trump or The WHO.

  17. Bwa-Banday
    April 14, 2020

    Trump is right and I approve his position. WHO boss has became Chinacentric and spent all his time praising China while they were hiding, lying, conniving, mistreating Africans in Guangzhou ignoring people the world over getting who were getting sick and dying. This is a victory for black people in particular. Down with WHO and China.

    Great opportunity for Dr. Clarissa Etienne to move up the chain while divorcing herself from rougues, vagabonds and the lying Chinese. Thanks president trump for taking such a bold step. Let me see if Skerrit have the cahunas to criticize you.

  18. jason
    April 14, 2020

    Not that is a President that looks out for his people and the world. He says it and take action. Tedros must now resign! His inaction and closeness to China have caused damage to the world and the Caribbean. Our economies are damaged and will take a long time to recover. Our hotels will be gone for a very long time as people will not travel much.
    It’s about time the world deal with China!

    • I don't eat Chinese food
      April 14, 2020

      I am in support of anything or any move that will either weaken, hurt or defeat China and their benefits and interest so for that move I support Trump 100%. I hold China responsible for where Skerrit has Dominica today because they allow him to hide behind their shady deals with him and say nothing.

      • Nkrumah Kwame
        April 15, 2020

        Global problems require global solutions. Covid-19 does not respect borders – even closed ones – and its continued transmission anywhere poses a threat to health everywhere.
        Trump’s decision to suspend contributions to the WHO is an extraordinary act of moral abdication and international vandalism at a time when the world desperately needs to find means of working together to combat an unprecedented global threat.
        WHO is the only organisation in the world with the network and expertise to EFFECTIVELY perform this task.
        HOTEP!!

    • J.John-Charles
      April 15, 2020

      Instead of just saying Trump could stop the covid-19 coming to the U.S.Tell us what he should have done that he didn’t do.
      In January 21st the first person tested positive with the covid-19.Are you saying he should close down the country or close it in December last yr.? The biggest economy of the world.we are hearing the old chorus Navarro warned Trump in January.But are you suffering with the hate you have 4 Trump? In January 31 he stop. Flight from China, the same media like CNN and democrats criticise him left right and center now, the same day January 31 Joe Biden called his action racist, zenophobia, fear mongering and hysteria.Mayor of Philadelphia Jim kenny (Democrat) went China Town and give Trump a tongue last,Nancy Pelosi told Chinese Americans how Trump hate them,and all this happened the same day 01/31/20.the media who is now criticising him,opposed Trump 4 putting Americans first.In January Democrats were impeaching Trump, had no concern of covid-19.

      • Eagle-Eyed
        April 16, 2020

        @j.john-charles, you sound so much like a house-slave. liberate your mind bro.

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