Forbes January 25, 2026
If you thought that this would be one of those break-ups where the breaker-upperer was going to say something nice like “It’s me, not you,” then you were sadly mistaken. On January 22, the Trump administration officially pulled the U.S. out of the World Health Organization and accompanied that withdrawal with some parting shots against the WHO—effectively saying it’s you, WHO, not us.
For example, the Trump administration has claimed that it is pulling the U.S. out of the United Nation’s specialized agency for global health due to, “WHO failures during the COVID-19 pandemic,” including “obstructing the timely and accurate sharing of critical information” and that the WHO “concealed those failures.” Yeah, that’s not exactly a we’ve-had-some-great-times type of statement...
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