1/ Trump attacked the World Health Organization and threatened to withhold funding because of its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and its criticisms of his own policies. Trump, seeking to blame the WHO for the same missteps and failures his administration made, accused the group of having âcalled it wrong [âŚ] every aspect of it wrongâ and being âChina-centric.â After saying that the U.S. would âput a hold on money spent to the WHO â Weâre going to put a very powerful hold on it,â Trump later denied that he had made those remarks, saying âIâm not saying that Iâm going to do it [âŚ] I said weâre going to look at it.â WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus responded, saying: âIf you want to be exploited and if you want to have many more body bags, then you [politicize the virus]. If you donât want many more body bags, then you refrain from politicizing it.â (New York Times / The Guardian / NPR / CNBC)
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/04/08/day-1175/