Among President Trump's first actions upon taking office Monday was to order the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization. Trump similarly directed the country to leave WHO toward the end of his first term as president, but while he started the process of formally exiting, then-President Biden reversed the move upon taking office in 2021.

By starting the process early, Trump should be able to finish it this time, USA Today reports. Trump has long railed against WHO, and his move to exit the health organization in 2020 came after much criticism on his part of how the agency handled the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Times reports.

The executive order directing the US withdrawal lists the pandemic as one reason, along with WHO's "mishandling of ... 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." 

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