President Donald Trump, has just announced that the United States will terminate her relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Speaking at a media briefing in the White House Rose Garden on Friday, Trump said America will directing its WHO funding to other global health charities, in measures aimed at punishing China.
“We will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organisation and directing those funds to other global public health charities.
“The world is now suffering as a result of the malfeasance of the Chinese government,” he said.
Trump added that China “instigated a global pandemic that has cost over 100,000 American lives.”
“China pressured the World Health Organization to mislead the world about the virus.Countless lives have been taken and profound economic hardship has been inflicted all around the globe,” Trump said.
