President Donald Trump said on Saturday he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization, days after ordering a U.S. exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to assume greater control over 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’s decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder. For the two-year budget ending in 2025, the U.S. is projected to be WHO’s largest single contributor by far. It is expected to donate $958 million, or nearly 15%, of the agency’s roughly $6.5 billion budget.

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

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.

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

Amid pardoning about 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters to enacting mass deportations, rolling back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and ordering the US to back out of the World Health Organization, people are already expressing concern over what is to come.

The WHO said funding should be maintained for programmes like PEPFAR, which provides HIV treatment and testing to millions of people worldwide. View on euronews

World Health Organization chief says agency already cutting back on hiring and travel with Trump withdrawal set to hit funding.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall celebrated an executive order banning gender affirming care for young people.