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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 08:34 PM Apr 2020

Fact check: Trump's WHO charge sheet and how it stacks up

Announcing the withdrawal of US funding for the World Health Organization, President Trump laid out seven main charges against the organisation.

Here are the accusations in Mr Trump's own words - and how they compare to the facts.

1. The WHO is “very China centric”

The WHO represents 193 member countries. It’s most senior experts and advisers tend to come from the West.

2. “One of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the WHO was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from China and other nations”

Under the International Health Regulations (2005), binding on all WHO member states, health measures “shall not be more restrictive of international traffic and not more invasive or intrusive to persons than reasonably available alternatives”.

The US that was pivotal in getting this law in place and it means the WHO can only recommend travel restrictions in the most extreme circumstances.

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https://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-trump-charge-sheet-145342824.html

Basically Trump is full of shit but we all knew that.

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Fact check: Trump's WHO charge sheet and how it stacks up (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
China centric? What vicious sycophant put that little bedbug in his ear. Walleye Apr 2020 #1
It's a big distraction and needs to be called that. He badly needs distractions from his failures.nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #2
Aaaand February? underpants Apr 2020 #3

Walleye

(31,017 posts)
1. China centric? What vicious sycophant put that little bedbug in his ear.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 08:39 PM
Apr 2020

He sure didn’t think it up himself. Sounds like Bill Barr.

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