WHO Admits 'No Choice' But to Cut Jobs After Trump's Defunding
The globalist World Health Organization (WHO) has begun major staffing cuts and financial restructuring following President Donald Trump‘s withdrawal from the U.N. subsidiary earlier this year.
The Trump administration accused the global health agency of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises after Trump signed the executive order to end its funding.
President Trump noted how the U.S. “paid $500 million” to the WHO and highlighted how China was paying less money, which he deemed “a little unfair.”
“That’s a big one,” Trump said.
“So, we paid $500 million to [the] World Health Organization when I was here, and I terminated it.
China, with 1.4 billion people, we have 350 … nobody knows what we have because so many people came in illegally. But, let’s say we have 325, they have 1.4 billion, they were paying $39 million, we were paying $500 million.
Seemed a little unfair to me, so that wasn’t the reason, but I dropped out.”
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The U.S. is the WHO’s largest financial backer, contributing a whopping 18 percent of its overall funding.
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A WHO memo from Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said:
“The United States’ announcement, combined with recent reductions in official development assistance by some countries to fund increased defense spending, has made our situation much more acute.”
A report from JP details that the memo noted:
The U.S. withdrawal has exacerbated a funding crisis due to member states reducing their development spending.
Faced with an income gap of nearly $600 million this year, the WHO has proposed to slash its budget for 2026-27 by 21%, from $5.3 billion to $4.2 billion.
Last month, the WHO’s executive board reduced the proposed budget for 2026-27 from $5.3 billion to $4.9 billion, according to the note.
“Despite our best efforts, we are now at the point where we have no choice but to reduce the scale of our work and workforce,” the memo said, according to JP.
Now, the WHO has been forced to reduce jobs at the senior leadership level at its headquarters in Switzerland, which will also affect all levels and regions, the memo stated.
Following Trump’s executive order earlier this year, the WHO said it “regrets” the president’s actions but defended its work.
“WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems, and detecting, preventing and responding to health emergencies, including disease outbreaks, often in dangerous places where others cannot go,” the organization said at the time.
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