Trump's threats against WHO would only make America alone in the world

Editor's note: Sun Chenghao is an assistant research professor at the Institute of American Studies, under the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations based in Beijing. The article reflects the author's opinion, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) if it does not commit to major substantive improvements in the next 30 days. In a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump expressed his disappointment and made numerous unwarranted accusations against the WHO on its "repeated missteps" and its dependence on China.

The timing of the letter is noticeable when the World Health Assembly is convened and the Trump administration fails to control the COVID-19 that has killed more than 90,000 Americans as of late Monday.

The letter directly sends two clear signals. One is that it explains why the U.S. should suspend funding WHO before it could review and improve its policies and actions. Funding has been used by Trump as a leverage to ask for WHO "reforms" which serve American interest. Another one is that Trump again links WHO's "failure" with China, making China the scapegoat of the global pandemic.

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