Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that President Donald Trump doesn’t have the “authority” to cease U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO).
The former 2016 Democratic presidential candidate tweeted her disdain for Trump’s decision to suspend funding for the international agency, part of the United Nations.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at United Nations Headquarters on a panel about including women in the peace process in Afghanistan, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
“@WHO is on the front lines of this pandemic, providing advice, training, and equipment crucial to saving lives — including Americans’,” Clinton stated. “Cutting their funding is not only dangerous — Trump doesn’t have the authority to do it. He should know: violating spending laws got him impeached.”(RELATED: ‘Hillary Clinton Sympathizers’ — Rush Limbaugh Explodes On Fauci Over Coronavirus Press Briefings)
.@WHO is on the front lines of this pandemic, providing advice, training, and equipment crucial to saving lives—including Americans’.
Cutting their funding is not only dangerous—Trump doesn’t have the authority to do it. He should know: violating spending laws got him impeached.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 15, 2020
Trump cut funding to WHO on Tuesday following a spate of media reports that accused or seemed to show evidence of the UN organization being an apologist for China.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in early February downplayed the threat of coronavirus because he said the disease could be “controlled easily” after all the alleged efforts the Chinese government had taken to remediate the spread of the virus. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: White House Officials Counter Pelosi’s Claims That Trump’s WHO Cuts Are ‘Illegal’)
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is applauded during a signing ceremony after the House of Representatives approved a $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid package at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was quick to object Wednesday to Trump’s decision, calling it “illegal.”
House Democrats voted to impeach the president over two articles: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.