President Trump has signed executive order started the process of withdrawing the USA from the World Health Organization. it seemed dozens of executive actions he signed on Monday after being sworn in for a second term, starting on issues immigration to: foreign policy to: climate change.

It was the second time in less than five years that he ordered a country out of the organization, despite a move that many scientists fear could reverse decades of gains in fighting infectious diseases such as AIDS, malaria and Tuberculosis: Experts also warn that the move could weaken the world's defenses against dangerous new outbreaks that could cause epidemics.

The WTO came under fire from Mr. Trump in 2020 its response to: COVID 19: an epidemic that escalated into a global health crisis in the final year of his first term.

The White House said in a statement that the U.S. would withdraw from the WTO “due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic stemming from Wuhan, China and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from it.” improper political influence of countries”.

It also accused the WTO of “requiring unfairly heavy payments from the United States that are grossly out of proportion to estimated payments from other countries.”

The order says Mr Trump is sending a presidential letter to the UN secretary-general to formally notify him of the US withdrawal plan.