Donald Trump launches full-frontal attack on 'China-centric' World Health Organization saying 'they called it wrong, they ought to have known' on coronavirus and says he might FREEZE funds
President Trump went after the planet Health Organization in an exceedingly tweet Tuesday, calling the international health body too 'China centric'
Trump said the WHO 'really blew it' on its coronavirus pandemic response, suggesting he's looking into slashing its U.S. funding
The president was following the lead of other conservatives who have blamed WHO for helping China cover-up the initial coronavirus outbreak
The criticism of WHO comes as Democrats have condemned the Trump administration's response to combatting the virus within the U.S.
Later at the coronavirus taskforce briefing on Tuesday, Trump tore into the WHO again and said he'd look at their funding
President Trump again attacked the 'China centric' World Health Organization and said he wants the group looked into before anymore U.S. dollars flow that way.
'They called it wrong, they called it wrong, they missed the decision,' Trump said during Tuesday's White House press briefing. 'They should have known and that they probably did know,' he said, suggesting the WHO was withholding information about the coronavirus.
Trump's main beef with the UN health group is that leadership there said it wasn't necessary to bar travelers coming in from China because the coronavirus started spreading beyond Wuhan, where it originated.
The president has followed the lead of prominent conservatives in complaining that the WHO has been too friendly to China during the coronavirus outbreak.
'The WHO, that is the World Health Organization, receives vast amounts of cash from the u. s. and that we purchase a majority, the most important portion of their money, and that they actually criticized and disagreed with my travel ban at the time I did it,' Trump said near the highest of the briefing. 'And they were wrong. they have been wrong a couple of lot of things.'
President Trump attacked the planet Health Organization on Tuesday calling it too 'China centric' and suggesting that it had been hiding information about the coronavirus from the remainder of the planet
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the planet Health Organization, annoyed Trump by saying that travel didn't must be stopped from China within the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak
'And that they had lots of knowledge early and that they didn't want to - they appeared to be very China centric,' he said, changing the purpose he was trying to create mid-sentence.
Later within the briefing Trump threatened to chop off their supply of cash from the u. s..
'We're visiting put a hold on money spent to the WHO. We're visiting put a really powerful hold thereon. And we're visiting see,' Trumps said. it is a great point when it works but once they call every shot wrong that's not good.'
'They are always on the side of China,' Trump also complained.
Later when the president was asked if it had been a sensible move to chop off funds to the most important global health organization during a worldwide pandemic he backed faraway from the definitiveness of his previous threat.
'I'm not saying I'm visiting bed, but I'm visiting have a look at it,' Trump pledged.
Later, Trump was asked why he thought the WHO was 'China centric.'
'I do not know, they appear to comd down on the side of China,' the president responded. 'Don't close your borders to China, don't do
President Trump went after the planet Health Organization in an exceedingly tweet Tuesday, calling the international health body too 'China centric'
Trump said the WHO 'really blew it' on its coronavirus pandemic response, suggesting he's looking into slashing its U.S. funding
The president was following the lead of other conservatives who have blamed WHO for helping China cover-up the initial coronavirus outbreak
The criticism of WHO comes as Democrats have condemned the Trump administration's response to combatting the virus within the U.S.
Later at the coronavirus taskforce briefing on Tuesday, Trump tore into the WHO again and said he'd look at their funding
President Trump again attacked the 'China centric' World Health Organization and said he wants the group looked into before anymore U.S. dollars flow that way.
'They called it wrong, they called it wrong, they missed the decision,' Trump said during Tuesday's White House press briefing. 'They should have known and that they probably did know,' he said, suggesting the WHO was withholding information about the coronavirus.
Trump's main beef with the UN health group is that leadership there said it wasn't necessary to bar travelers coming in from China because the coronavirus started spreading beyond Wuhan, where it originated.
The president has followed the lead of prominent conservatives in complaining that the WHO has been too friendly to China during the coronavirus outbreak.
'The WHO, that is the World Health Organization, receives vast amounts of cash from the u. s. and that we purchase a majority, the most important portion of their money, and that they actually criticized and disagreed with my travel ban at the time I did it,' Trump said near the highest of the briefing. 'And they were wrong. they have been wrong a couple of lot of things.'
President Trump attacked the planet Health Organization on Tuesday calling it too 'China centric' and suggesting that it had been hiding information about the coronavirus from the remainder of the planet
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the planet Health Organization, annoyed Trump by saying that travel didn't must be stopped from China within the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak
'And that they had lots of knowledge early and that they didn't want to - they appeared to be very China centric,' he said, changing the purpose he was trying to create mid-sentence.
Later within the briefing Trump threatened to chop off their supply of cash from the u. s..
'We're visiting put a hold on money spent to the WHO. We're visiting put a really powerful hold thereon. And we're visiting see,' Trumps said. it is a great point when it works but once they call every shot wrong that's not good.'
'They are always on the side of China,' Trump also complained.
Later when the president was asked if it had been a sensible move to chop off funds to the most important global health organization during a worldwide pandemic he backed faraway from the definitiveness of his previous threat.
'I'm not saying I'm visiting bed, but I'm visiting have a look at it,' Trump pledged.
Later, Trump was asked why he thought the WHO was 'China centric.'
'I do not know, they appear to comd down on the side of China,' the president responded. 'Don't close your borders to China, don't do
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