Among President Trump’s flurry of executive orders was one reviving a pandemic-era pledge: to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Trump signed an order in the Oval Office to withdraw the U.

The World Health Organization called on the US to reconsider President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the agency, suggesting the move could undermine global health security.

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization. “Oooh that’s a big one,” Mr. Trump said at the Oval Office as he was handed the executive order to sign. He railed against the amount of money the U.S. pays into the organization, saying that China has more people but pays less.

In a day-one executive order, President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization for a second time.

President Donald Trump’s decision to end U.S. membership in the World Health Organization revives a five-year-old grudge with the WHO’s leader. Trump has long charged that WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus covered up China’s responsibility for the Covid pandemic,

Experts say the sudden stoppage is a surprise and will set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa.