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Trump Leaving WHO Puts US at the Back of the Line in Global Health
With its withdrawal, the US cedes its outsize influence in the global health organization to countries like China and puts lives at risk.
US moves to the back of the line in crises.
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President Donald Trump’s swift move to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization will compromise global health — and is no way to Make America Healthy Again.
Trump is picking up a task he started back in 2020, when he first tried to pull out of the WHO. At the time, he claimed the organization helped China cover up the extent and source of Covid. That effort got a reprieve from former President Joe Biden, who reversed the decision on his first day in office.