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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
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday July 09 2020, @04:20PM (1 child)
If it swings voters (like my mother) who believe "oh, he's just kidding", "oh, he doesn't really mean that", "oh, he's doing the best he can with a difficult situation" - then, yes- proving himself (to people like my mother) to be certifiably insane, incompetent, and unfit to manage the affairs of a pet parakeet, much less those of the nation - that's a good thing.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @07:40PM
Frankly, if the last four years haven't convinced your mom that this President is "certifiably insane, incompetent, and unfit to manage the affairs of a pet parakeet, much less those of the nation" then nothing will.