Bill Gates Condemns Donald Trump For Suspending WHO Funding
BY : NIAMH SHACKLETON ON : 15 APR 2020 09:45

Bill Gates has condemned Donald Trump’s decision to suspend the US’s funding to the World Health Organization.

With the on-going health crisis, the WHO need all the funding they can get in a bid to tackle the pandemic, yet Trump deemed it reasonable to suspend the country’s huge $400 million funding to the organization.

Following the US President’s decision, tech mogul Bill Gates has spoken out deeming it ‘as dangerous as it sounds’.

Taking to Twitter today, April 15, Gates said:

"Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs @WHO now more than ever."

Prior to his decision to cut funding to the WHO, Trump accused it of ‘failing its basic duty’ and claimed it had attempted to cover up the outbreak when it first took place in China.

America had already slashed their funding to the WHO back in February from $122.6 million to $57.9 million.

At a press conference at the White House yesterday, April 14, Trump explained the reasoning behind the country cutting its funding, BBC News reports.

He said:

"Today I am instructing my administration to halt the funding to the World Health Organization while a review is conducted to assess the World Health Organization severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. Everybody knows what’s going on there."

American taxpayers provide between $400 million to $500 million per year to the WHO; in contrast China contributes roughly $40 million a year, and even less, as the organization’s leading sponsor, the United States, has a duty to insist on full accountability.

One of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the WHO was it’s disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from China and other nations. There were very much opposed to what we did; fortunately I was not convinced and suspended travel from China saving untold numbers of lives – thousands, and thousands of people who have died.

Despite Trump’s comments on China’s funding, according to the WHO, China in fact contributed around $76 million in assessed contributions, along with $10 million in voluntary funding between 2018 and 2019.

In regards to Trump’s modesty of believing he’s saved ‘thousands, and thousands’ of lives, there has still been over 26,000 deaths in the US, 10,000 of which are reported to be in New York alone.

It’s important everyone comes together in this time of crisis with the pandemic continuing to take lives across the world everyday, rather than countries like the US retracting its contributions to the WHO’s efforts.

dulux07:
Trump, always looking for whom to blame.
If he had acted early, USA cases won't be this bad.
He blamed governors, blamed China, now WHO.

Kalapizim:
WHO came out with a false Information downplaying the threat of convid 19 before we got to this

dulux07:


Trump, always looking for whom to blame.
If he had acted early, USA cases won't be this bad.
He blamed governors, blamed China, now WHO.

OLAADEGBU:


Who is playing the blame game?

dulux07:


For the fact that the heading of the pix you posted is named "chinese virus" clearly shows the picture is bias, and put together by a trump supporter .

Enoch07:


is Bill gates the president of the United States of America?

dulux07:
Trump, always looking for whom to blame.
If he had acted early, USA cases won't be this bad.
He blamed governors, blamed China, now WHO.

Goldmaxx:
thus saith a shithole citizen living in a shithole country.

dulux07:

You suffer from low self esteem

Chosen1984:


What do u Expect bill to do ?

That's his Department

OLAADEGBU:


Who gave him that department, Trump?

OLAADEGBU:


Who is playing the blame game?

Obrigardo:


I believe you are a soulless person masquerading as a Christian. You may have started off as a mistake but you can't let go,better to ride it out, but your hypocrisy is very much open to all. If you support trump you fight facts and peddle lies. If you can be objective you can see how trump is unfolding to a tragic disaster, which is a hard thing for me to say after three years of idiocy and you still a hypocrite

OLAADEGBU:


Who is playing the blame game?

OLAADEGBU:


TDS is real!

Obrigardo:


The fact is you can't provide a meaningful news here, trump forming a task force immediately transforms to competence? Don't be so dull, if trump was competent about stopping this early we know what he would have done, leave his ego aside and rally every state to start testing on DAY 1. my sister is in Utah and Dakota is now becoming the hot bed of coronavirus infections, thousands have died and this is not the time to massage that narcissistic idiots ego. And more of his supporters are breaking the stay at home order while you are praising his response.
And he just tweeted to support them. If someone I love gets this virus, I'll personally look for you and deal with you

OLAADEGBU:


Who is playing the blame game?

Obrigardo:


I for once don't peddle in conspiracy but I'm not stupid. Something is shady with Bill Gates involvement in a vaccine, and I've seen him warning us twice about a pandemic of this sort years ago. So I'm not an idiot. Money makes the world go round. But why you still support an idiot is beyond me, you don't see the failure in trump. Says a lot about you

OLAADEGBU:


Who is the President of the U.S. of A?

OLAADEGBU:


Don't worry, the folks below will fix things when they get into power.

Obrigardo:


you are loser immediately I saw you quoting another loser like candace

This is your president, so sad

OLAADEGBU:


Any country would be so blessed to have a President with these credentials.