Trump announced the US would withdraw from the World Health Organization in January 2023 in one of his final acts as President, but has now hinted at a U-turn

President Donald Trump discussed his thoughts on the World Health Organization, expanding on some of the reasons he withdrew from the agency.

The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United Nations’ public health agency and drawing criticism from public health experts.

Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.

Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.

The US is scheduled to leave the WHO on January 22, 2026. President Donald Trump announced the move on January 20, after he was sworn in for a second term in the White House.

As he signed an executive order, President Donald Trump said that the World Health Organization had "ripped us off."

President Trump said Saturday he was weighing possibly rejoining the World Health Organization just days after signing an executive order withdrawing the United States from the international group.

Speaking at a Las Vegas rally, US President Donald Trump said his order for the US to exit the World Health Organization stemmed from his dissatisfaction over the fact that the US contributes more in funding to WHO than China despite the latter's significantly larger population.

President Donald Trump used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health