Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is begging President Donald Trump to undo his executive order and rejoin the UN-run agency.
The U.S. formally withdrew from the WHO after President Trump issued an executive order earlier this year.
Trump cited the agency’s failure to hold China accountable and its role in pushing radical globalist health agendas as key reasons for the decision.
The U.S. has since halted all funding to the WHO, redirecting resources to domestic health initiatives that prioritize American interests.
At a Thursday press conference in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pleaded for the U.S. to rejoin the agency, claiming it was in the country’s “best interest” to remain.
Tedros said:
“I hope there will be some formal engagement for a very honest and candid dialogue for the U.S. to come back to the World Health Organization.
I’ve said it many times: the U.S. withdrawal from WHO is a lose-lose.
It’s in the best interest of the U.S. to stay in WHO. It’s a matter of health security — one that keeps the U.S. safe, and the rest of the world safe, by being part of the WHO.
It also has many other benefits for the U.S. to remain within the WHO family.
All the investments it has made are in its own best interest. That’s what we believe, and I hope they will reconsider and rejoin the WHO family.”
In March, the WHO began major staffing cuts and financial restructuring due to a lack of funds.
The Trump administration accused the global health agency of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises after Trump signed the executive order to end its funding.
President Trump noted how the U.S. “paid $500 million” to the WHO and highlighted how China was paying significantly less, which he deemed “a little unfair.”
Trump said:
“That’s a big one. So, we paid $500 million to [the] World Health Organization when I was here, and I terminated it.
China, with 1.4 billion people, we have 350 … nobody knows what we have because so many people came in illegally.
But, let’s say we have 325, they have 1.4 billion, they were paying $39 million, we were paying $500 million.
Seemed a little unfair to me, so that wasn’t the reason, but I dropped out.”
Faced with an income gap of nearly $600 million this year, the WHO has proposed slashing its budget for 2026–27 by 21%, from $5.3 billion to $4.2 billion.
According to the note, the WHO’s executive board reduced the proposed budget for 2026–27 from $5.3 billion to $4.9 billion in February.
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