Trump’s team discusses WHO reform plan, including American director

The Trump administration has been considering a plan for reform at the World Health Organization, including putting an American in charge, in order for it to remain a member of the global health agency, Reuters writes.

To remind, on Jan. 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin a 12-month process for the U.S. withdrawal from the WHO. Trump’s executive order to exit the WHO was among his first policy moves upon taking office.

It would lead the global health agency to lose its single-biggest funder by Jan. 2026. The order accuses the organization of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and being unduly influenced by other nations, which the WHO denies.