WHO pushes to keep ties with 'generous' U.S. despite Trump's exit move

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Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday praised the United States’ “immense” and “generous” contribution to global health in a push to salvage relations after President Donald Trump said he was severing ties with the U.N. agency.

Accusing it of pandering to China and overlooking an initially secretive response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Trump said on Friday he was ending Washington’s relationship with the WHO.

But WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told an online media briefing he hoped his organisation could continue its longstanding collaboration with the United States.

“The United States’ contribution and generosity towards global health over many decades has been immense, and it has made a great difference in public health all around the world,” he said.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-pushes-to-keep-ties-with-generous-u-s-despite-trumps-exit-move-idUSKBN23830C

[ananda]

1. Don't grovel to that asshole!

He's got his own agenda, nothing to do with WHO's
agenda.

You are wasting your breath. Put your efforts
elsewhere.

[maxsolomon]

2. This is where we've come to.

You have to kiss his orange ass if you want to save lives.

[Lonestarblue]

3. Funding can be restored in 8 months.

Biden will have to spend the first two years to just undoing the mess Trump has made, including replacing all his sycophants throughout the government.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

4. If there are any funds left.

Between The tax cuts, military spending, covid-19, and the fires, Vice President Biden is going to have a bigger hole then what President Obama inherited from the last group who cut taxes and raised spending.

[forgotmylogin]

5. He'll love this.

The WHO is either playing to his weakness, or are just feathering the return for when the next President is sworn in.

[onetexan]

6. Exactly, keep it soft till Biden administration takes over to restore sanity & good relations