Trump Halts U.S. Payments to WHO, Citing Reliance on China
- President criticizes organization for opposing travel bans
- UN says it’s not the time to reduce resources, seeks unity
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President Donald Trump said he instructed his administration to temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization for taking China’s claims about the coronavirus “at face value” and failing to share information about the pandemic as it spread.
“The WHO failed in its basic duty and must be held accountable,” Trump said Tuesday at a White House press conference. “The outbreak could have been contained at its source” if the organization had correctly responded early on, he added.