Trump Signs Order to Withdraw U.S. from WHO

After a day that was already packed with events, including church services, tea and swearing-in, a speech to supporters, the review of troops, luncheons, speeches, and a trip to Capital One Arena where he addressed 20,000 people and signed several executive orders there, Donald Trump went to the Oval Office and signed more executive orders. After that, he attended the inaugural ball.

 

It wasn’t only that he signed executive orders, but he also chatted with reporters about a variety of topics. It was a sight to behold.

 

He pardoned approximately 1,500 J6 defendants earlier in the evening and retracted the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accords. This move caused former Vice President Al Gore concern.

 

He has now withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization.

 

 

The White House (now improved) has been updating its website throughout the day, adding executive orders as soon as they are issued or signed. Here are some highlights of the executive order on the withdrawal from WHO:

 

Section 1: Purpose. Purpose. In 2020, the United States announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO). This was due to WHO’s failure to implement urgently required reforms and its inability to demonstrate its independence from the inappropriate influence of WHO member countries. The WHO also continues to assess the United States unfairly high payments, which are far more than other countries’ assessments. China has 1.4 billion people, which is 300 percent more than the United States. Yet, it contributes 90 percent less.

 

Sec. 2. Actions. (a) The United States plans to withdraw from WHO. The letter signed by the President of the United States to the Secretary General of the United Nations on January 20, 2020, that retracted the United States’ notification of withdrawal dated July 6, 2020, is revoked.

 

(c) As deemed necessary and appropriate, the Assistant to the President on National Security Affairs will establish within the National Security Council the directorates and coordination mechanisms that he believes are needed to protect public health and strengthen biosecurity.

 

(d) With all reasonable speed, the Secretary of State and Director of the Office of Management and Budget will take the appropriate measures to:

 

(i) stop any future transfers of funds, resources, or support from the United States Government to the WHO.

 

(ii) recall or reassign United States Government employees and contractors who are working with the WHO in any capacity;

 

(iii ) Identify credible and transparent United States partners and international partners who will assume the necessary activities that were previously undertaken by WHO.

 

Sec. 3. Notification. The Secretary of State shall immediately notify the Secretary-General, any other depositary applicable, and the leadership at the WHO of withdrawal.

 

 

Trump’s order indicates that this isn’t the first time he has pulled the U.S. out of the WHO. He had done so in July 2020.

 

Joe Biden, the former president, rescinded this decision on 2021’s inauguration day. Now that the ball has been returned to Trump, he has taken it, and gone home, at least as far as the WHO is concerned.

 

This one might fly under the radar given the slew of orders that were signed on Trump’s first day in office, but it is a significant step forward on the globalism front.