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Global battle erupts as Trump pulls WHO funding over coronavirus response
Fox News ^ | April 15 2020 | Brooke Singman

Posted on 04/15/2020 6:17:18 AM PDT by knighthawk

President Trump’s decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus crisis touched off an international war of words overnight as Democratic lawmakers in Washington as well as international bodies like the European Union condemned the move.

The president announced Tuesday that the United States would immediately halt funding for the health organization, saying it had put “political correctness over lifesaving measures,” noting that the U.S. would undertake a 60-to-90 day investigation into why the “China-centric” WHO had caused “so much death” by “severely mismanaging and covering up” the coronavirus spread.

Republicans on Capitol Hill, many of whom have been sharply critical of the World Health Organization and calling for weeks to get tough on the organization for allegedly helping China suppress information about the outbreak in the early stages, cheered the president’s decision.

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Dems, China and EU (united in hatred against the USA) are against it so it must be the right move!
1 posted on 04/15/2020 6:17:19 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

God Bless Donald Trump!


2 posted on 04/15/2020 6:18:05 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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A global battle has erupted about where the U.S. spends it's own money.

Absorb that a for a minute.
3 posted on 04/15/2020 6:18:52 AM PDT by z3n
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Which gives the media something to have a cow about for a few days while behind the curtain pressure gets ratcheted up on Dem Govs to reopen.


4 posted on 04/15/2020 6:19:15 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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Please Dems, continue to side with the bad guys and tell yourselves that victory is assured come November.


5 posted on 04/15/2020 6:19:36 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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Why would you NOT study an organization receiving almost a billion dollars over the past two years? To NOT investigate would be an affront to taxpayers..


6 posted on 04/15/2020 6:19:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Amen. This shoulda been done YEARS ago. Next on the chopping block...the united nations...I hope


7 posted on 04/15/2020 6:20:28 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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“Please Dems, continue to side with the bad guys and tell yourselves that victory is assured come November.”

By all means. Please do. The American people will so thrilled to see you side with our enemies again.

L


8 posted on 04/15/2020 6:21:22 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Pull out of the UN completely while you are at it.


9 posted on 04/15/2020 6:22:15 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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We been giving them 400 mil a year. china gives ‘em 40 mil. Time to wean these bloodsuckers off the US teat.


10 posted on 04/15/2020 6:22:27 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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Dems, China and EU (united in hatred against the USA) are against it so it must be the right move!

Exactly. It’s the right thing to do.

11 posted on 04/15/2020 6:24:00 AM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force Officer in pilot training. Flew the DA-20 and T-6. One more aircraft to go.)
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Not that it’ll ever happen but why is the UN on American soil anyway. I hear Switzerland is nice.


12 posted on 04/15/2020 6:24:17 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNK9zesHQls


13 posted on 04/15/2020 6:24:47 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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That’s great!

About time.


14 posted on 04/15/2020 6:25:01 AM PDT by JPJones (More Tariffs, less income tax.)
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Not that it’ll ever happen but why is the UN on American soil anyway. I hear Switzerland is nice.

Move it to Haiti, they could use the economic stimulus of all the UN important folks going out to eat and drink.

15 posted on 04/15/2020 6:25:52 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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“Not that it’ll ever happen but why is the UN on American soil anyway. I hear Switzerland is nice.”

I hear Newfoundland is nice.


16 posted on 04/15/2020 6:25:53 AM PDT by JPJones (More Tariffs, less income tax.)
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Exposing crooks and communists, excellent Mr. President.


17 posted on 04/15/2020 6:26:40 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yep, today’s presser should be a gas


18 posted on 04/15/2020 6:28:18 AM PDT by onona
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Newfoundland ain’t far enough away IMO.


19 posted on 04/15/2020 6:28:37 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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Move it to Haiti, they could use the economic stimulus of all the UN important folks going out to eat and drink.

That would be perfect, except that it would give them access to a lot of children.

20 posted on 04/15/2020 6:29:53 AM PDT by Richard Kimball (WWG1WGA)
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