Pompeo Says US May Permanently End Funding of WHO

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a press briefing in Washington on Jan. 7, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The United States might never restore funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.

President Donald Trump last week ordered a pause on U.S. taxpayer funding for the WHO, a United Nations agency, while American officials review the organization’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.