Trump Halts WHO Funding Over Its Handling of the CCP Virus

Trump Halts WHO Funding Over Its Handling of the CCP Virus
President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the CCP virus, which causes COVID-19, in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 14, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the CCP virus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis.

Trump, at a White House news conference, said the WHO had “failed in its basic duty and it must be held accountable.” He said the group had promoted China’s “disinformation” about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, that likely led to a wider outbreak of the virus than otherwise would have occurred.