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

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 Saturday July 11 2020, @03:57AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @03:57AM (#1019373)

    nice clear-cut example I gave you,

    What example? In all of your posts you did not once link to a racist tweet.

  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday July 11 2020, @07:27AM (4 children)

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 11 2020, @07:27AM (#1019409)
    Distracting away from my post won't work. I already know you came across the tweet and can't defend it. 🙄
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    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @07:40AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @07:40AM (#1019413)

      No, I did not. And since you cannot link to it, I must presume it does not exist.

      • (Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday July 11 2020, @07:59AM (2 children)

        by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 11 2020, @07:59AM (#1019419)

        Neither convinced nor distracted. You've got quite a bit on your plate. :)

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        • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @01:54PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @01:54PM (#1019495)

          And again. I have continued this discussion in good faith, but I do not know of this alleged tweet. As I said, your google search linked to many pages alleging racism, but zero tweets from Trump.
          If your reply does not link to an actual tweet I will assume you are a troll and rspond no further.

          • (Score: 1, Troll) by Tork on Saturday July 11 2020, @05:39PM

            by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 11 2020, @05:39PM (#1019611)
            Hey, if you wanna bail because you wilfully refuse to acknowledge the easily-verifiable existence of a tweet, believe me you'll have my full support! It fits quite poetically with your 0% progress on proving the existence of TDS. 😄
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