Trump Threatens to Leave WHO, Emboldening Xi in Pandemic Fight
Trump says health agency must show ‘independence from China’
Letter is released right after Xi addresses WHO’s parent body
Watch: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says the WHO “failed at its core mission of information sharing” amid the coronavirus outbreak.(Source: APTN/Bloomberg)
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw altogether from the World Health Organization, a move that rattled the global fight against the pandemic and bolstered Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s position within the international body.
