
Trump pulls United States of America out of World Health Organisation
The President of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump has signed several executive orders hours after his inauguration on Monday, including one that withdraws his country from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Penpushing reports that Trump while justifying the withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO) cited what he called the inappropriate political influence of member states on the global body that is about 20 per cent funded by the United States of America (USA).
The record, however, has it that this is Trump’s second attempt to pull the America out of the United Nations health agency, which focuses on coordinating international responses to health emergencies across the world
Penpushing further reports that Trump criticised the Geneva-based institution for how it handled coronavirus and, in 2022, began the process of pulling the United States of America (USA) out of it, but his then successor Joe Biden, later reversed that decision.
The President in his Monday executive order hours after he was sworn in for a second term, again cited how the World Health Organisation(WHO) handled the coronavirus as a reason for his decision, stressing that it was a big one.
“The organisation’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states is the reason for US withdrawal,” the executive order states.
Penpushing also reports that Trump has, for the second time, directed the United States of America (USA) to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, and signed the executive order to withdraw the country from the 2015 agreement.
The President added that the Paris accord is among several international agreements that do not reflect United States of America (USA) values, arguing that the agreement only steers American taxpayer dollars to countries that do not require, or merit, financial assistance in the interests of the American people.
Penpushing reports that Trump declared that instead of joining a global agreement, the United States of America (USA)’ successful track record of advancing both economic and environmental objectives should be a model for other countries.
The President in 2017, issued a similar directive and announced that the America would abandon the global Paris accord, a pact is aimed at limiting long-term global warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) above pre-industrial levels or, keeping temperatures at least well below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) above pre-industrial levels.
Penpushing further reports that Trump in similar development issued a directive to declare a national emergency on the United States of America (USA) southern border while also signing an order that suspends the country’s refugee resettlement programme for four months.
The President also signed an order against automatic citizenship for United States of America-born children of immigrants who entered the country illegally, and as part of his migration policy, equally shut down a major immigration pipeline which was initiated under Biden’s administration.
Penpushing also reports that it is a sponsorship initiative that allowed up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to fly to the America, and according to the Biden administration, the policy, known as CHNV, was initiated and designed to lower illegal border crossings.
The 49th President who earlier vowed to initiate the largest deportation programme, has also issued an executive order stopping the catch and release policy which allowed migrants to live in American communities while they waited for their hearings.
Penpushing reports that Trump plans to end a long-time policy that stopped federal immigration authorities from conducting raids on churches and schools, and also signed an executive order to stop all America foreign assistance programmes for 90 days.
These programmes will be on hold pending reviews to determine if they are aligned with his policy goals or not, and equally directed that no United States of America (USA) foreign assistance should be disbursed in a manner that does not align with the country’s foreign policy.
“Foreign aid industry and bureaucracy are not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values. It serves to destabilise world peace by promoting ideas in foreign countries that are directly inverse to harmonious and stable relations internal to and among country. No further United States foreign assistance shall be disbursed in a manner that is not fully aligned with the foreign policy of the President of the United States’, the executive order reads
Penpushing further reports that Trump in same vein, signed an executive order declaring that the United States of America (USA) will only recognise the male and female genders, stressing that these genders, he are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.
The President had earlier pointed out during his inaugural speech that his administration would recognise only the male and female genders, stressing that as at the time of taking over it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders.
Penpushing also reports that in the same executive order, Trump ended all government programmes, policies, statements and communications that promote or support gender ideology, and in a separate one, he ended the America diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes.
This executive order is called “ending radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing’, a move which is, however, seen as an attack on the LGBTQ community, is expected to draw widespread criticism from rights groups globally, while some of these orders will severely hamper global efforts and have drawn criticism from leaders, experts, and stakeholders worldwide.
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