Trump orders US withdrawal from World Health Organization | Fox News
By: Alex Nitzberg (Fox News)
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Newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO).
In 2020, Trump started the ball rolling toward extricating the U.S. from the United Nations agency, but President Joe Biden reversed course after taking office in 2021.
"The United States intends to withdraw from the WHO. The Presidential Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations signed on January 20, 2021, that retracted the United States' July 6, 2020, notification of withdrawal is revoked," Trump's order declares.
President Trump takes part in a signing ceremony after his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025 in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.(Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images)
"The Secretary of State shall immediately inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations, any other applicable depositary, and the leadership of the WHO of the withdrawal," the order instructs.
The U.S. Senate voted 99-0 on Monday to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to serve as Secretary of State — Rubio voted for himself before resigning from the Senate.
Trump's order calls for the Secretary of State and director of the Office of Management and Budget to "pause the future transfer of any United States Government funds, support, or resources to the WHO;" "recall and reassign United States Government personnel or contractors working in any capacity with the WHO;" as well as "identify credible and transparent United States and international partners to assume necessary activities previously undertaken by the WHO."
The WHO issued a statement on Tuesday lamenting Trump's decision, and expressing hope that the U.S. will rethink the move.
"The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization," the globalist body noted. "We hope the United States will reconsider and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO, for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe."
Trump signed a flurry of orders after taking office on Monday.
One of them declares it U.S. policy "to recognize two sexes, male and female," which "are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality."
Trump is only the second president in U.S. history to win election to two non-consecutive terms — the first was Grover Cleveland in the 19th century.
Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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Here is hoping he also extracts us from the terrorist organization known as the UN.
I think he already withdrew funding for UNRWA, so alot of Hamas terrorists lost their jobs. It's a good start.
On paper, the WHO and the U.N. are both excellent organizations that as the leader of the free world we would be well served to remain in and bolster.
In reality both organizations fall to the failures and corruption that comes from being run by people from the different countries, each with their own interests. It was Charles de Gaulle who said 'Countries don't have friends, only interests'.
Eventually nations who were "friends" in the past would turn against them at any moment because it is not a genuine relationship, but rather a beneficial one with terms. It can be said conversely with countries who're sworn enemies, they could normalize relations at any moment.
That's about a $1.2 Billion in savings.
When I was a young teenager and the new UN building graced the shore of the East River in Manhattan I toured it and watched the iconic Krishna Menon address the General Assembly, I came away marveling at how magnificent it was, that now the whole world was united in its desire for peace and prosperity for all mankind. How disappointed I have become with the biggest most influential viciously antisemitic international organization ever known, and how many times have I posted on NT my wish that that sorry nest for Jew-haters be bulldozed into the East River - unoccupied, of course. I already was penalized by the mods for death-wishing when previously I had said that it should be bulldozed with the usual suspects inside.
However, America MUST remain an active member of the Security Council in order to protect Israel by using its veto power to prevent the other members from wiping Israel off the map. Only once did America stab Israel in the back there, thanks to Obama.