Donald Trump’s new budget proposes cutting $3 billion from global health programs, despite his repeated vows to protect Americans from the deadly new virus outbreak.
According to Foreign Policy, Trump is specifically proposing a 50 percent reduction in funding for the World Health Organization, the main global body fighting to contain the coronavirus outbreak, which first began in China.
Such cuts “are entirely out of touch with the threats facing our nation,” Adm. James Stavridis and Gen. Tony Zinni, co-chairs of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s National Security Advisory Council, said in a statement Monday, after Trump’s proposal was released. Continue reading.