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highplainsdem

(52,816 posts)
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:45 PM Yesterday

Trump transition team plans immediate WHO withdrawal, expert says

Source: Reuters

Members of Donald Trump's presidential transition team are laying the groundwork for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization on the first day of his second term, according to a health law expert familiar with the discussions.

"I have it on good authority that he plans to withdraw, probably on Day One or very early in his administration," said Lawrence Gostin, professor of global health at Georgetown University in Washington and director of the WHO Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law.

-snip-

Trump has argued that the agency failed to hold China accountable for the early spread of COVID-19. He has repeatedly called the WHO a puppet of Beijing and vowed to redirect U.S. contributions to domestic health initiatives.

-snip-

"The U.S. would lose influence and clout in global health and China would fill the vacuum. I can't imagine a world without a robust WHO. But U.S. withdrawal would severely weaken the agency," Gostin said.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-transition-team-plans-immediate-who-withdrawal-expert-says-2024-12-23/

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Trump transition team plans immediate WHO withdrawal, expert says (Original Post) highplainsdem Yesterday OP
repubes are out to kill us all off BoRaGard Yesterday #1
Insanity. I can see a day in the near future when we are Mike 03 Yesterday #2
I'm sure that will improve the overall health of the people in the US, and around the world. patphil Yesterday #3
It's like we're all in a Republican murder/suicide pact Zorro Yesterday #4
Zorro...... Upthevibe 6 hrs ago #60
And just before a new bird flu pandemic. ananda Yesterday #5
Good timing. multigraincracker Yesterday #9
Not to worry. defacto7 Yesterday #20
can I just get the ultraviolet lightbulb johnnyfins Yesterday #25
No,.. you drink the Chlorox with a Lysol chaser. magicarpet Yesterday #35
...you drink the Clorox, mainline Lysol meow2u3 9 hrs ago #53
Okay,... i think you have the proper sequence. magicarpet 9 hrs ago #55
and with monkey pox peeking in to see if now's a good time Attilatheblond Yesterday #27
And Dengue Fever maybe. ananda Yesterday #34
A-holes gonna a-hole GreenWave Yesterday #6
Dump really loves pouring gasoline on fires. sakabatou Yesterday #7
He's just a dick johnnyfins Yesterday #26
TFG stated we will never have to vote (worry) again. bluestarone Yesterday #8
Asshole. Scrivener7 Yesterday #10
The usual aversion to accountability JoseBalow Yesterday #11
Elections have consequences. If you elect an idiot, expect idiocy. Jim__ Yesterday #12
Redirect Contributions sheshe2 Yesterday #13
Yes! Any redirect will go to FatBoys pockets! machoneman Yesterday #23
He plans to steal us blind. sheshe2 Yesterday #28
And here we have the fundamental operating principle for the incoming administration. WestMichRad 22 hrs ago #40
@%:!%!::@;##!##$/$@;; GAH! electric_blue68 Yesterday #14
Can't wait to hear the news that we're withdrawing from the human race. nt Xipe Totec Yesterday #15
Don't worry. 70sEraVet Yesterday #16
Maybe the planned withdrawal in just because he doesn't want Dan Yesterday #17
Woman are dying mgardener Yesterday #21
Kinda taking a page from DeSantis anti-information tactic and going big with it Attilatheblond Yesterday #30
Standard distraction nonsense. mn9driver Yesterday #18
Wow - what a brain trust. I am sure Trump's CDC will save us when the bird flu becomes a pandemic. waterwatcher123 Yesterday #19
If someone wanted to diminish the role of the United States mahina Yesterday #22
Russian and China will run to fill the void Trump is creating. Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #62
Make pandemics great again Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #24
They sure want viruses and disease to flourish around the world. LIHOP. applegrove Yesterday #29
The deaths of millions. Codifer Yesterday #32
The goal of healthcare is not good health outcomes applegrove Yesterday #33
RFK Jr in charge kkmarie 16 hrs ago #47
Ha BeyondTheVeilJack 3 hrs ago #64
Ebola Aviation Pro Yesterday #31
Fuckers lonely bird 23 hrs ago #36
This is so awful and we now will endure more horrendous pandemics and outbreaks kimbutgar 23 hrs ago #37
I wonder if Vlad has told Donny about The Holodomor aka The Ukrainian famine Botany 23 hrs ago #38
I used to think that Trump's response to Covid was the ultimate incompetence. hadEnuf 22 hrs ago #39
Trump disbanded Obama/Fauci's, Global Pandemic Task Force and fired the CDC's Epidemiologist* in ... Botany 20 hrs ago #43
We all remember Putin's sudden order for a secret meeting with Trump. raging moderate 10 hrs ago #49
Malignant imbecile Solly Mack 22 hrs ago #41
Utter stupidity Picaro 21 hrs ago #42
I plan to keep myself healthy and watch the Great Puke Die-off NBachers 19 hrs ago #44
Avian flu found in raw milk bmichaelh 18 hrs ago #45
Make America Sick Again LastLiberal in PalmSprings 16 hrs ago #46
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music 11 hrs ago #48
It just gets worse, and worse, and worse, and ................. marmar 10 hrs ago #50
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music 9 hrs ago #52
Can 45 withdraw? Here's a link: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10489 nt in2herbs 10 hrs ago #51
Not clickable in the title moonscape 3 hrs ago #65
Try this: https://crsreports.congress.gov/LSB10489. It's a pdf so can't paste and copy. nt in2herbs 2 hrs ago #66
fucking disastrous. barbtries 9 hrs ago #54
Whatever the Big Orange Pig dislikes..... SergeStorms 8 hrs ago #56
Just in time for the Bird Flu! no_hypocrisy 8 hrs ago #57
Savings redirected to prayers and evangelists' private jets. rickford66 7 hrs ago #58
Translation: Trump refuses to take responsibility for his poor leadership (which he has none) Owens 7 hrs ago #59
"U.S. would lose influence and clout in global health and China would fill the vacuum." Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #61
They're in the "Lysenko" phase of the ongoing Sovietization of the GOP JHB 4 hrs ago #63
He has a lot of people to kill. Turbineguy 2 hrs ago #67
President Musk trying to see if he can surpass What'sHisNames death sentence he gave to millions with COVID? cstanleytech 1 hr ago #68

BoRaGard

(3,151 posts)
1. repubes are out to kill us all off
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:47 PM
Yesterday

so the G.O.P.'s greed-driven Billionaire Bros can party on the world wreckage

Mike 03

(17,359 posts)
2. Insanity. I can see a day in the near future when we are
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:49 PM
Yesterday

requesting help, maybe physical intervention, by some of the institutions he holds in contempt, like the WHO, the UN, maybe even NATO.

patphil

(7,108 posts)
3. I'm sure that will improve the overall health of the people in the US, and around the world.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 04:49 PM
Yesterday

magicarpet

(16,929 posts)
35. No,.. you drink the Chlorox with a Lysol chaser.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:02 PM
Yesterday

..... and shove a Magnum flashlight up your kiester to kill any germs, bacteria, or viruses in your body.

meow2u3

(24,935 posts)
53. ...you drink the Clorox, mainline Lysol
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:25 AM
9 hrs ago

...and shove a UV wand flashlight up your ass. That's the order of operation IIRC.

magicarpet

(16,929 posts)
55. Okay,... i think you have the proper sequence.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:36 AM
9 hrs ago

I am up to date on innoculations,... thank you very much.



Have COPD can't take a chance with respiratory infections. Or else it becomes a run to the PCP for a dose of Prednizone.

bluestarone

(18,392 posts)
8. TFG stated we will never have to vote (worry) again.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:26 PM
Yesterday

I say if they do everything they say they are gonna do The RETHUGLICON party will be non-existent. ( I REALLY HOPE)

JoseBalow

(5,630 posts)
11. The usual aversion to accountability
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 05:41 PM
Yesterday

No surprise here that he doesn't want to answer to anyone but Putin or himself.

sheshe2

(88,127 posts)
13. Redirect Contributions
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 06:25 PM
Yesterday
vowed to redirect U.S. contributions to domestic health initiatives.


Straight to his own pocket, like he did with COVID. He should put Jared in charge again, we all know how well that worked well with bidding wars and selective recipients.

WestMichRad

(1,880 posts)
40. And here we have the fundamental operating principle for the incoming administration.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 09:34 PM
22 hrs ago

Steal as much as possible.

electric_blue68

(18,670 posts)
14. @%:!%!::@;##!##$/$@;; GAH!
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 06:47 PM
Yesterday

One of my favorite (RIP) uncles worked for WHO. His main work became involved in
Malaria eradification.

First he worked in DC. Then moved to Geneva where It's headquartered. When he retired he, and my aunt moved to a little Swiss village about halfway north near the French border.

My aunt was a masterful wood printmaker. Did ecthings, too, pastels, stained glass. Wrote, and illustrated 6+ children's books.

It was she who invited me to spend 3 weeks in her studio doing art! And she took me, and a granddaughter to Paris: 4 days, 3 nights.

She had gotten Parkinson's, so my uncle became a really good cook.
They were wonderful hosts! I had a fabulous time making art: trying new materials, and techniques, too; visiting Paris, and hanging out with my cousins who came to visit.

Anyway, they're both gone now. But,
woah, he'd have been stunned, and furious at this health tragedy/travesty!

Dan

(4,154 posts)
17. Maybe the planned withdrawal in just because he doesn't want
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:09 PM
Yesterday

Reporting on failing American medical issues - like his threats against the Press. If it’s not reported, then it is not real or the truth.

So, when Americans start dying in the streets, he can report to his MAGA followers, it ain’t true and they will believe it.

He will diminish the US in the world in all things - yet proclaim, AMERICA FIRST.

mgardener

(1,911 posts)
21. Woman are dying
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:20 PM
Yesterday

During pregnancies in states where abortion is restricted.
Their deaths are not being investigated as preventable deaths.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/health/abortion-bans-deaths-research-propublica/index.html

Republicans don't care till it affects them.

Attilatheblond

(4,540 posts)
30. Kinda taking a page from DeSantis anti-information tactic and going big with it
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:46 PM
Yesterday

Just read pertussis cases are higher again. Oh goodie. More kids critically ill or dead.

mn9driver

(4,593 posts)
18. Standard distraction nonsense.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:12 PM
Yesterday

The Gaetz report dropped today. Orange boy doesn’t want people looking at something that arguably makes him look corrupt and/or criminal and/or incompetent.

So, it’s time for a new idiocy! I believe it will disappear as soon as it has served its purpose.

waterwatcher123

(276 posts)
19. Wow - what a brain trust. I am sure Trump's CDC will save us when the bird flu becomes a pandemic.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:16 PM
Yesterday

mahina

(19,036 posts)
22. If someone wanted to diminish the role of the United States
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:29 PM
Yesterday

It has been in the past with legacies institutions, this would be a key step. Now, who would want to do that?

applegrove

(123,599 posts)
29. They sure want viruses and disease to flourish around the world. LIHOP.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:44 PM
Yesterday

Now we know why they want RFK Jr. in charge.

Codifer

(788 posts)
32. The deaths of millions.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:50 PM
Yesterday

It's not a problem of the republican fascist health plan....... it is a feature.

applegrove

(123,599 posts)
33. The goal of healthcare is not good health outcomes
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 07:53 PM
Yesterday

but bio engineering (who lives and who dies) and efficiency (low cost).

kkmarie

(9 posts)
47. RFK Jr in charge
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 04:00 AM
16 hrs ago

This has been on my mind since I saw the clip of RFK Jr saying heroine use made him top of the class. Maybe they'll legalize heroine plenty of money to be made and think of all the deaths

kimbutgar

(23,591 posts)
37. This is so awful and we now will endure more horrendous pandemics and outbreaks
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:35 PM
23 hrs ago

And no countries will share their intelligence.

What’s coming next is withdrawing from NATO.

Another reason why we are so F’d by dumb ass dumpt voters.

Botany

(72,654 posts)
38. I wonder if Vlad has told Donny about The Holodomor aka The Ukrainian famine
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 08:41 PM
23 hrs ago

We are dealing with true evil with Trump and company.

hadEnuf

(2,787 posts)
39. I used to think that Trump's response to Covid was the ultimate incompetence.
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 09:21 PM
22 hrs ago

Now I'm wondering if it was actually deliberate. You know, thin the hurd and all.

Articles like the OP make me wonder. These maniacs will do anything.

Botany

(72,654 posts)
43. Trump disbanded Obama/Fauci's, Global Pandemic Task Force and fired the CDC's Epidemiologist* in ...
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 11:37 PM
20 hrs ago

…. Wuhan, China prior to the outbreak of the Novel C-19 Coronavirus but by late Summer/early Autumn
of 2019 he was telling the Israelis of the airborne and highly infectious virus and during that time he and
Kushner invested in their own C-19 test kit and hydroxchloroquine both of which turned out to be useless
in combating the deadly disease. And the shit storm from that virus and it’s genetic different offspring
burned through the world with the real number of deaths being @ 14 million world wide from C-19.

Russia has filled the internet and airwaves with pure made up bullshit about the virus, new strains of
the virus, the vaccines, and side effects from the vaccine in order to disrupt America and the west on
on multiple levels.

* The Epidemiologist’s job was to look for things like the C-19 Coronavirus which did come from
the “Wet Market” in Wuhan. Smart People called evolutionary biologists have traced to there. That
it is really Anthony Fauci’s fault for using his government funding to pay for the production of the
Coronavirus in some lab in Wuhan is just Russian misinformation.


Trump’s people now want to pull us out of the W.H.O? This is madness. Taylor Greene’s thoughts
on microbiology are always fresh and different from all those scientists @ the WHO.

Sorry to


raging moderate

(4,517 posts)
49. We all remember Putin's sudden order for a secret meeting with Trump.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:29 AM
10 hrs ago

I will never forget the frightened, shaken look of Trump's face and whole body as he walked out of that sudden secret meeting, or the smug, arrogant look of Putin as he walked out. The next time a meeting is arranged between Putin and Trump, somebody should manage somehow to get secret microphones (and cameras, if possible) set to record the whole thing.

Picaro

(1,844 posts)
42. Utter stupidity
Mon Dec 23, 2024, 10:42 PM
21 hrs ago

So far, every “policy statement” from the Trumpiverse is not proposing a solution to a problem but is a hyperbolic attack on something. The idea is keep the rancor and hatred churning.

Think about it.

Everything that is being said and/or proposed is designed to make people lose their minds with rage or let their hearts fill and overflow with hate.

Aggressively questioning Canada’s and now Panama’s sovereignty. Talking again about buying Greenland. Talking up mass deportations regardless of the judicial/legal/humanitarian issues.

This is all about sowing chaos. There is no potential positive impact.

Leaving WHO? What problem does that solve? What’s problem does WHO create for the US? Why?

These are people with no ideas. They want have power over everyone and everything, but won’t know what to do with it if they get it.

46. Make America Sick Again
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 03:35 AM
16 hrs ago

Last edited Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Pull out of WHO. Appoint as head of Department of Health and Human Services an anti-vax worm-brained nut case who thinks polio vaccines need more study (it shouldn't be a mandatory requirement to attend school, as it is now, but he will allow it if someone asks ), wants to ban drug ads on t.v. and prohibit the sale of many foods that don't fit his personal standards.

T***p has no plans for the next pandemic, which scientists predict will happen.

And he knows -- without evidence -- that the Chinese government is behind COVID. Neither of the two current scientific theories, -- (1) the virus originated with bats, or (2) the virus accidentally leaked from a laboratory, specifically the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where research on coronaviruses was being conducted -- align with his assertions. There is evidence to support the first theory.

No matter the source, the fact is that Trump's mishandling of the pandemic resulted in 40 percent of the nearly 500,000 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Response to marmar (Reply #50)

in2herbs

(3,225 posts)
51. Can 45 withdraw? Here's a link: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10489 nt
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:06 AM
10 hrs ago

in2herbs

(3,225 posts)
66. Try this: https://crsreports.congress.gov/LSB10489. It's a pdf so can't paste and copy. nt
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:38 PM
2 hrs ago

barbtries

(29,950 posts)
54. fucking disastrous.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:32 AM
9 hrs ago

putting us on notice that they will fuck this country up as much as they possibly can as soon as they possibly can. what could go wrong?

SergeStorms

(19,339 posts)
56. Whatever the Big Orange Pig dislikes.....
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 11:37 AM
8 hrs ago

it gets the axe.

Look what he did to the USPS. He had some little axe to grind with them, so he sent Louis DeJoy to destroy the USPS. And DeJoy DID IT!
The USPS has always lost money, but you used to be able to get a letter from one side of the country to the other in 3 days.
Since DeJoy took over (and remind me again why Biden didn't replace him?) you can't get a letter a distance of 200 miles in less than 2 weeks! I'm not kidding about that 200 miles, either!
I can't imagine what USPS employees feel like now.

So yeah, Trump will withdraw us from the WHO, the United Nation's, NATO, and any other organization he dislikes merely out of spite. He's that petulant and irresponsible. THIS is what Americans voted for because spoiled rotten Americans think they're paying too much for eggs. 🤬

no_hypocrisy

(49,181 posts)
57. Just in time for the Bird Flu!
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:14 PM
8 hrs ago

Since Trump can’t blame this one on China, then he’ll blame it on Democrats.

Owens

(352 posts)
59. Translation: Trump refuses to take responsibility for his poor leadership (which he has none)
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:22 PM
7 hrs ago

He really wants to kill Americans because of his narcissistic big ego.

Irish_Dem

(59,640 posts)
61. "U.S. would lose influence and clout in global health and China would fill the vacuum."
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 03:37 PM
4 hrs ago

This is the goal.

For the US to lose influence and power.
And for China and Russia to fill the vacuum.

Many of Trump's actions will lesson the power of the US.
So China and Russia can rise to sole global super power status.

cstanleytech

(27,172 posts)
68. President Musk trying to see if he can surpass What'sHisNames death sentence he gave to millions with COVID?
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 06:52 PM
1 hr ago
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