Trump says he's withdrawing from the WHO while the pandemic rages, but he can't without Congress
US President Donald Trump sits with his arms crossed during a roundtable discussion on the Safe Reopening of Americas Schools during the coronavirus pandemic, in the East Room of the White House on July 7, 2020, in Washington, DC.
The letter says that unilateral withdrawal from the WHO raises "significant separation of powers concerns." "Americans are safer when America is engaged in strengthening global health. On my first day as President, I will rejoin the @WHO and restore our leadership on the world stage," Biden said inon Tuesday. Given it takes at least 12 months to fully withdraw from the WHO, the former vice president could win the election and be inaugurated long before the process is complete, granting him ample time to reverse the move.
Beyond the legal and practical hurdles Trump faces in withdrawing from the WHO, there are widespread concerns among public health experts that pulling from the UN's health agency in the midst of a pandemic is a dangerous, self-defeating move. , but they also say that retaining membership is essential to global health and the best means of having a say in improving it as an institution.
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