1ClassyLady 68F
3114 posts
4/10/2020 11:39 pm
Trump escalates tension with W.H.O. over coronavirus pandemic, repeats threat to withhold funding


U.S. President Donald Trump escalated tension with the World Health on Wednesday, once again criticizing the agency’s response the COVID-19 pandemic and threatening withhold funding.

“So we’re going do a study, an investigation, and we’re going make a determination as what we’re doing. In the meantime, we’re holding back,” Trump said at a White House press conference Wednesday. It was not immediately clear from the president’s comment if he was “holding back” on the funding or probe of the WHO.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the administration is reevaluating the WHO’s funding, adding that the United Nation’s health hasn’t “achieved what it intended do,” particularly in response the coronavirus pandemic.

“Organizations have work. They have deliver the outcomes for which they were intended,” Pompeo said. “We need make sure that, not only the World Health Organization but every international organization that we take taxpayer and give it them for the benefit of America, we need make sure it’s delivering those tax payer dollars.”

Trump first said he was thinking about withholding funds the WHO Tuesday, saying the international agency pushed back on his ban from China early in the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s unclear how Trump would do this, however. Congress has already authorized $2 million for the WHO for this fiscal year, and while Trump has proposed $58 million in funding for the agency in fiscal 2021, Congress is unlikely authorize such a drastic funding cut, especially in the wake of the pandemic.

The WHO “really called, I would say, every aspect of it wrong,” Trump said.

Trump complained Wednesday that China contributes “a small fraction” of the of funding the U.S. sends the WHO every year. “And i think they have get their priorities right, and their priorities are that every country has be treated properly. Every country. And it doesn’t seem that way, does it?” he said.

When asked whether WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus should resign, Pompeo said now “is not the time to be doing that kind of change.”

In response to a question about Trump’s threat earlier Wednesday, Tedros warned global leaders against politicizing the COVID-19 outbreak “if you don’t want to have many more body bags.”

Tedros said the focus of political parties should be work together to save their people.

Without unity, even more developed nations will “more trouble and more crisis,” Tedros said. “No need to use COVID to score political points. No need. You have many other ways to prove yourselves.”

Trump responded: “I can’t believe he’s talking about politics when the relationship they have to China. So China spends $42 million and we spend $450 million and everything seems to be China’s way.”



Honesty is the best policy.


1ClassyLady 68F
3276 posts
4/13/2020 5:05 pm

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I know you don't like Trump from many of comments you responded. However, Trump had sent back Americans back from China and stop Chinese came in to USA at beginning of outbreak (I think it was January 31). That is true. If he didn't stop Chinese came in, the situation will even worse. When Xi announced to lockdown Wuhan city on January 23rd, there was 8 hrs of time on 22nd to 23rd for half million of Wuhan Chinese run out, those people already had infected but not realized, the mayor of Wuhan said. 500 thousand of Wuhan Chinese escaped to other Chinese cities first and then to the world, Italy, Iran, Spain, England, Germany, USA. That is why those countries got worse virus infection. Please check for the detail.

W.H.O. Direct General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Bruce Ayward have been bribed by China and made up story to harm Taiwan. These two persons are even worse. Please Google their names. I don't want to say too much.

Taiwan has been under China's threat for years since 1971 that China bribed Africa many countries (one country one vote, not by money how much) and voted Taiwan out of UN and China in UN. W.H.O. is an organization under UN. Democrat president Jimmy Carter abandoned Taiwan to establish diplomatic relationship with China for $$$$ trade. Carter thought if every Chinese buy one T-shirt from USA, USA will make money because large population in China. Then many big companies followed, such as McDonald's, Starbucks, Home Depot, General Motor, Nike, Apple products, .... Once those big companies went in China, Chinese learned from those enterprises how to do business and then CCP changed policies to make those big companies stuck in China. Such GM made cars in China only can sell in China, can't sell in any other countries even USA. 3M company makes N95 masks and gloves with first class quality but China wanted 3M sign agreement that those N95 masks & gloves made in China can only sell in China. Trump was mad about this deal, Trump sent an airplane to China to take back 3M products for American Healthcare professionals. Do you know those deal? Trump knows Taiwan is NOT China, but other Democratic presidents didn't care. Taiwan donated 19 million of mask that good quality to the world. Taiwanese President Tsai campaign "Taiwan can help, Taiwan is helping".

Taiwan has sent an email on Dec 31 last year to warn W.H.O. there was a virus seem like human to human transmission, but W.H.O. denied and didn't do anything. Taiwan has posted that email to W.H.O. dated Dec 31 showing "isolate people". However, W.H.O. made up story that his skin is black and Taiwanese called him N word, racial discrimination slur. There is no evidence at all. Taiwanese is not a W.H.O. member, how can we call him by his skin color?

I have never had racial discrimination and voted Obama for president TWICE.



Honesty is the best policy.


1ClassyLady 68F
3276 posts
4/11/2020 12:33 am

Using the COVID-19 pandemic to score political points is dangerous and will only result in "many more body bags," W.H.O. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday, less than a day after President Trump criticized the WHO and its relationship with China. Tedros also revealed he has received death threats in recent months.

"Please don't politicize this virus," Tedros said in a briefing in Geneva, after he was asked about Trump's remarks. He later urged political leaders to "please quarantine politicizing COVID."

"The focus of all political parties should be to save their people," Tedros said. He added that politicizing the virus only exploits differences at the national level.

"If you want to be exploited and if you want to have many more body bags, then you [politicize the virus]," the WHO leader said. "If you don't want many more body bags, then you refrain from politicizing it."

The remarks came after Trump sharply criticized the WHO during a White House coronavirus task force briefing Tuesday night and suggested he might put a hold on U.S. funding — the largest single source of money for the health organization.

Dr. Tedros is out of his mind. Does he know what is right, what is wrong? He is the one who politicizing over coronavirus.

There are many countries will take W.H.O. and Xi to the court for money compensation. If they don't p*y, their properties and cash money in foreign countries will be seized.

The global confirmed Coronavirus cases has exceeded 1.6 millions and death toll has over 100 thousands. It is worse than World War one and two in combined.



Honesty is the best policy.