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Trump has Officially Begun to Withdraw the US from the World Health Organization as Pandemic Spikes

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 08 2020, @04:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the everything-is-fine-here dept.

Booga1 writes:

USA Today reports Trump has Officially Begun to Withdraw the US From the World Health Organization as Pandemic Spikes:

The Trump administration has officially begun to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the globe and infections spike in many states across the U.S.

Congress received formal notification of the decision on Tuesday, more than a month after President Donald Trump announced his intention to end the U.S. relationship with the WHO and blasted the multilateral institution as a tool of China. The White House said the withdrawal would take effect on July 6, 2021.

[...] The formal withdrawal comes as the United States nears 3 million reported coronavirus cases and more than 130,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Globally, there have been 11.6 million cases and almost 540,000 deaths.

Additional Coverage:
Trump administration moves to formally withdraw US from WHO
Trump administration begins formal withdrawal from World Health Organization
Trump Begins Process Of U.S. Withdrawal From World Health Organization

Previously:
(2020-05-20) Trump Threatens to Take US Out of WHO Entirely and Stop All US Funding
(2020-04-15) Trump to Halt Funding to WHO

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @03:11AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @03:11AM (#1018511)

    Isn't it more likely it's 3D Chess?

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Thursday July 09 2020, @03:31AM (4 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 09 2020, @03:31AM (#1018519) Journal

    Nope, it's more like 2D golf.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @06:58AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @06:58AM (#1018573)

      Actually, to me it looks like Trump couldn't win a game of tic-tac-toe. Sad.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @07:34AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @07:34AM (#1018583)

        Did you mean "Trump would lose even a game of tic-tac-toe"?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:27PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:27PM (#1018647)

          That could be an alternate way of writing an equivalent statement, but there's nothing wrong with the first one. "Couldn't win" better expresses the author's opinion of Trump's mental faculties, while "would lose" said nothing about Trump, only the outcome of the game.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:53PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:53PM (#1018654)

            That could be an alternate way of writing an equivalent statement, but there's nothing wrong with the first one.

            Do you think I'm that stupid or do you really are one?
            Let me give you a hint. "How about a nice game of chess?" [youtube.com], does it ring a bell?

            You have to be really stupid to lose, on optimal play on both sides the best "outcome of the game" is a draw