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The Trump administration has officially withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization, according to a Democratic senator and multiple news reports. But the withdrawal process will take a year, so Trump may not be able to see it through.
“Congress received notification that POTUS officially withdrew the US from the WHO in the midst of a pandemic,” Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) wrote on Twitter today. “To call Trump’s response to COVID chaotic and incoherent doesn’t do it justice. This won’t protect American lives or interests—it leaves Americans sick and America alone.”
According to The Hill, a senior Trump administration official confirmed today that “the White House has officially moved to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization.”
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Source: Ars Technica – Trump “officially” takes US out of WHO, but withdrawal is a year-long process