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Trump Threatened With Lawsuit Over Withdrawal from WHO

by Will Jones
22 January 2025 11:11 AM

Donald Trump may face a lawsuit over his day-one decision to withdraw from the World Health Organisation (WHO) because he didn’t get the approval of Congress. Health Policy Watch has the story.

“Trump made a unilateral decision to pull out of WHO. But we joined WHO in 1948 by an Act of Congress. Trump needs Congress’s approval to withdraw,” said Professor Lawrence Gostin, who directs the  O’Neill Institute and is the Chair of Global Health Law at Georgetown University in Washington DC.

“His decision is too catastrophic to be made without Congress and the courts. As Director of a WHO Centre, I am considering a lawsuit,” added Gostin, who also heads the WHO Centre on Global Health Law.

Meanwhile, German Health Minister Karl Lautenbach wants to persuade Trump to change his mind, describing the decision as “a catastrophe for the poorest people on the planet” who need WHO support, such as those in Gaza.

The US is obliged to give a year’s notice of its intention to withdraw from the WHO, yet Trump’s Executive Order directs state officials to “take appropriate measures, with all practicable speed” to “pause the future transfer” of US of Government “funds, support or resources to the WHO”.

The order also recalls all US “personnel or contractors working in any capacity with the WHO”.

A senior WHO official told Health Policy Watch that “it has been a long night”, but that the UN health agency will survive if all its members stick together in the coming days.

The tiny European monarchy of Liechtenstein is the only other country that is not part of the 196-member strong WHO.

Trump’s rationale for withdrawing from the WHO is the same as he advanced during his first Presidency: WHO’s “mishandling” of the COVID-19 pandemic, its “failure to adopt urgently needed reforms” and its “inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states” – primarily China.  

Trump also noted that the WHO “continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries’ assessed payments”, such as that of China.

Of the 196 WHO member states, the US is by far the largest funder. It is due to pay over $261 million in “assessed contributions” (membership fees) during 2024/5.  

China, the second-largest contributor in terms of assessed contributions, is only due to pay $181 million for the period. As China is still classified as a “developing country”, it benefits from lower rates.

US contribution to WHO in 2023

Worth reading in full.

When signing the executive order, Trump referred to the cost of membership and said “they wanted us back so badly, so we’ll see what happens”. Is it a negotiating tactic to get a better deal?

Tags: ChinaCOVID-19President TrumpWHOWorld Health Organisation

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DanClarke
DanClarke
2 years ago

Sounds as if they’ll have to be brave and start speaking out.

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JaneDoeNL
JaneDoeNL
2 years ago
Reply to  DanClarke

Yes. I realise it is easy for someone like me to say how wrong all this is and that people in a position of authority should speak out, but reality is, of course, not quite that easy.

But I genuinely believe we are looking at outright crimes against humanity and the only way to stop it is to say: No more! If there really are so many people leaving these positions, they must be able to reach out to each other. They can join Robert Kennedy, Dr Malone, Dr McCollugh, Dr Kory, Dr Doshi, Dr Vanden Bossche and all the other people in the medical profession and science community who have spoken out, to their cost. The greater the number that speak out, the stronger they are. More will follow, even those who don’t necessarily agree with what they say must see that if they wish their profession to be respected, they must stand up for their colleagues. They need to realise that if grifting politicians and public health authorities will crush their colleagues, they will crush them too as soon as they step out of line.

They should reach out to Robert Kennedy, Steve Kirsch, Naomi Wolf, Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, Del Bigtree.

The momentum is growing and the dam will break. Be on the right side of history.

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JohnK
JohnK
2 years ago

Perhaps they are watching their backs now?

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago

No one wants to be first through the door, do they?

Well, I have news for these “frustrated, exasperated and alarmed” scientists:

MANY OF YOUR PEERS HAVE BEEN SHOUTING ABOUT THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING, AND YOU KNOW THIS ALREADY. AND YOU KNOW THEIR NAMES. GROW SOME BALLS, AND TELL EVERYONE YOUR NAMES, TOO. AND THEN START SHOUTING, PLEASE. THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOW.

I have done my shouting now. And I have shouted a lot, since the beginning, in front of New Scotland Yard, in front of the BBC and many more places. I have been proud for all to know my name. In my workplace and more. And to lead by example, here it is:

Mr Joe Vorlicky, and I say, for what it is worth,

TO HELL WITH ALL THIS SILENCE AND FEAR!

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The Dogman
The Dogman
2 years ago

I do understand that nobody wants to destroy their own careers but how can they live with themselves? Also, and perhaps this is being naive, but if enough of them called this out then just possibly these organisations could, you know, do some actual science. Wouldn’t that be more rewarding than being shills for pharmaceutical companies?

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RW
RW
2 years ago

Here’s something senior FDA and CDC officials might want to listen to attentively on their way home from work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtqPlB-oC4w

Always be proud of your achievements.

Last edited 2 years ago by RW
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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago

C- – TS !!

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sophie123
sophie123
2 years ago

Well I guess this is good, but they need to speak out harder. There are whistleblowing procedures. If the CDC and FDA are being pressured by government, someone needs to whistleblow hard. RICO or something.

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RW
RW
2 years ago
Reply to  sophie123

You don’t really believe that whistleblowing procedures would be followed if it became known that government officials were secretly in league with far-right antivaxxer conspiracy theorists, do you? Unless something seriously dramatic happens, a future US government may chose to investigate this issue. The present one certainy won’t. That would amount to self-impeachment.

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Lockdown Sceptic
Lockdown Sceptic
2 years ago

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detectiveomega
detectiveomega
2 years ago

Why do people say the regulatory agencies are captured by a political narrative? I have seen this a number of times where people are saying that public health agencies are putting political motives above public health. I do not think this is accurate. This is not about ideology or politics. This is about money. They are putting financial considerations over public health as in the pharmaceutical industry owns the public health agencies like Bill Gates owns the WHO. It is all about the money in the end. This is a good article, but let’s call it what it really is. Thanks.

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RW
RW
2 years ago
Reply to  detectiveomega

It’s probably both. There’s sort-of a positive feedback cycle here: Politicians make certain decisions. Like treating a benign coronavirus as if it was Yersinia Pestis on steroids because the great chieftain of the yellow people of the far east is terribly afraid of it. This opens an avenue for the health industy to make money by developing products promised to be tailored to it. As these become available, politicians feel compelled to make decisions favouring the new product(s) because it provides them with a seemingly easy way to avoid admitting that their original decisions were dangerous nonsense. The health industry now senses that there is Real Money[tm] to be made here and not only research grants. Hence, it puts more resources into products claimed to be tailored to … and so on.

It’s also important to assign responsibilties properly here: The great campaign to murder American children with mostly harmless injections serving no purpose is the responsibility of an immoral political class to whom humans are mostly pests endangering a precious huge ball of stone they’re very much concerned with. The pharma industry is just amoral and exploits whichever opportunities happen to be available to it. To re-use a slogan of the gun lobby: Vaccines don’t kill people. People kill people.

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RTSC
RTSC
2 years ago

More than a little late in voicing their concerns ….. but better late than never.

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carter20
carter20
2 years ago

An excellent article—I have forwarded it to decision makers here in N. Ireland, some of whom will actually read it!

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Kornea112
Kornea112
2 years ago

Ethical Doctors actually interested in people’s health? Who would have guessed.

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DevonBlueBoy
DevonBlueBoy
2 years ago

There’s one word that is the reason for all this – Fauci

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rachel.c
rachel.c
2 years ago

I imagine there are many people who’ve been in denial about what’s going on, realising they should speak out but afraid of being ostracised. The longer they submit to cognitive dissonance the harder it will be to break out. They need to look into their hearts and find the confidence to do what’s right. That’s not easy and we need to give them as much support as possible, saving our anger for those who have been driving this madness from the beginning.

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