President Trump’s decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization is meeting with furious blowback from business groups, Democrats, foreign leaders and health groups, who say he is jeopardizing the global response to the pandemic.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, usually an ally of Republicans, said Trump’s action cut against U.S. interests.
“Cutting the WHO’s funding during the COVID-19 pandemic is not in U.S. interests given the organization’s critical role assisting other countries — particularly in the developing world — in their response,” said the group’s executive vice president Myron Brilliant.
The American Medical Association called it a “dangerous step.”
“During the worst public health crisis in a century, halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) is a dangerous step in the wrong direction that will not make defeating COVID-19 easier,” said the group’s president, Patrice Harris.
The move sparked swift international criticism as well. (cont.)
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