{"id":14023,"date":"2020-04-15T09:10:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14023"},"modified":"2020-04-15T09:10:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:10:47","slug":"coveney-slams-president-trump-for-freezing-payments-to-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14023","title":{"rendered":"Coveney Slams President Trump for Freezing Payments to WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coveney_03172020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coveney_03172020.png 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coveney_03172020-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The T\u00e1naiste has criticized Donald Trump after he said he is freezing US payments to the World Health Organisation pending a review of its warnings about coronavirus and China.<\/p>\n<p>The US president said the Covid-19 outbreak could have been contained at its source with lives spared had the UN health agency done a better job investigating reports coming out of China.<\/p>\n<p>The United States contributed nearly $900m (\u20ac823m) to the WHO\u2019s budget for 2018-19, according to information on the agency\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Coveney tweeted that Mr Trump withholding funding was an \u201cindefensible decision\u201d in the midst of a pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cSo many vulnerable populations rely on WHO \u2013 deliberately undermining funding and trust now is shocking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow is a time for global leadership and unity to save lives, not division and blame.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-14023\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14023&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-14023\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14023&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-14023\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14023&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14023\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The T\u00e1naiste has criticized Donald Trump after he said he is freezing US payments to the World Health Organisation pending a review of its warnings about coronavirus and China. 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