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babylonsister

(172,617 posts)
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 07:11 AM 18 hrs ago

U.S. Formally Withdraws from World Health Organization



https://politicalwire.com/2026/01/22/u-s-formally-withdraws-from-world-health-organization/

U.S. Formally Withdraws from World Health Organization
January 22, 2026 at 8:35 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 49 Comments


“The United States formally withdrew from the World Health Organization on Thursday, making good on an executive order that President Trump issued on his first day in office pledging to leave the international organization that coordinates global responses to public health threats,” the New York Times reports.

“While the United States is walking away from the organization, a senior official with the Department of Health and Human Services told reporters on Thursday that the Trump administration was considering some type of narrow, limited engagement with W.H.O. global networks that track infectious diseases, including influenza.”

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U.S. Formally Withdraws from World Health Organization (Original Post) babylonsister 18 hrs ago OP
We will be back..... Lovie777 18 hrs ago #1
I worry EuterpeThelo 15 hrs ago #2
So sad. travelingthrulife 14 hrs ago #3

Lovie777

(22,027 posts)
1. We will be back.....
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 07:34 AM
18 hrs ago

stronger in helping the world.

Republican Party are on satan’s side.

EuterpeThelo

(225 posts)
2. I worry
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 11:04 AM
15 hrs ago

that, when this is all over, none of the organizations which we helped build over the past 100 years will even want us back. We've proven over and over again that we can't be trusted and that U.S. policy can swing 180 degrees every few years (and not just with this fetid goon, but we elected W twice too...).

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