If former U.S. President Donald Trump wins a second term in office next year, his administration will “very likely” withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization again, a key congressional ally said Wednesday.
“I can also assure you in a future Trump administration, given the way the WHO conducted itself, it could be very likely that we withdraw again from the WHO,” Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative Republican from Georgia, said during a hearing of the House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Greene’s warning stemmed from a belief held by some Americans that current efforts to negotiate an international agreement on pandemic preparedness and response risks undermining U.S. national sovereignty. U.S. global health leaders repeatedly stated Wednesday that those concerns are unfounded.
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Michael Igoe is a Senior Reporter with Devex, based in Washington, D.C. He covers U.S. foreign aid, global health, climate change, and development finance. Prior to joining Devex, Michael researched water management and climate change adaptation in post-Soviet Central Asia, where he also wrote for EurasiaNet. Michael earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, where he majored in Russian, and his master’s degree from the University of Montana, where he studied international conservation and development.
