During a Coronavirus Taskforce press briefing on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump announced that the US could withhold funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). Trump first criticized the organization for “disagree[ing] with [his] travel ban.” He then suggested that WHO “could have called [the COVID-19 pandemic] months earlier … and should have known [the severity of the pandemic].” Then the president suggested that the US could put a hold on funds it usually sends to the WHO.
