It's just what a narcissistic sociopath does -- deflect, shift blame, shirk responsibility, cause unnecessary misery and death without a second thought:
President Trump announced Tuesday that he will suspend payments to the World Health Organization in response to the United Nations agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as the organization is in the midst of combating a global outbreak that has killed thousands and crippled world economies.
Of course, the narcissistic sociopath is being aided and abetted by the usual, rotted out accomplices:
Conservative allies of the president have begun focusing on the WHO as complicit in a Chinese coverup of the outbreak in late 2019 and early 2020, before Trump moved to respond. The finger-pointing allows Trump to deflect blame from his own initial reaction to the outbreak as of no consequence to the United States. Trump also resents the WHO for opposing his decision, in late January, to block most air travel from China. [snip]
Republicans in Congress are seeking documents from the WHO and calling for investigations of contacts between WHO officials and Chinese government officials. The White House backs those efforts but could hold up funding before results are in. (our emphasis)Health experts and a philanthropist you may have heard of weigh in:
I predict the world will step into leadership vacuum @POTUS created by cutting @WHO funding. China, Europe etc will increase funding. Only loser is US b/c we will lose all our influence. In global health & amidst a pandemic, America will lose its voicehttps://t.co/ETl1DUexS3— Lawrence Gostin (@LawrenceGostin) April 15, 2020
President Trump’s decision to defund WHO is simply this—a crime against humanity. Every scientist, every health worker, every citizen must resist and rebel against this appalling betrayal of global solidarity. https://t.co/7hTwUZ4lJV— richard horton (@richardhorton1) April 14, 2020
"The President's decision makes Americans less safe," says Tom Bollyky, director of the Global Health program at the Council on Foreign Relations, about President Trump's decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization. "This is a big mistake to go this route." pic.twitter.com/HRKXJpZxuW— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) April 15, 2020
Cutting 15% (US Contribution) of WHO budget during the biggest projected pandemic of the last century is an absolute disaster. @WHO is a global technical partner, the platform through which sovereign countries share data/technology, our eyes on the global scope of this pandemic.— Dr. Nahid Bhadelia (@BhadeliaMD) April 14, 2020
Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs @WHO now more than ever.— Bill Gates (@BillGates) April 15, 2020
The best Speaker of the House in modern times gets to the point:
Now more than ever, we need the truth. And the truth is that Donald Trump dismantled the infrastructure handed to him which was meant to plan for and overcome a pandemic, resulting in unnecessary deaths and economic disaster.— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 15, 2020
The truth is a weak person, a poor leader, takes no responsibility. A weak person blames others.— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 15, 2020
(Be sure to check out her full thread on the topic, and her letter to colleagues on the subject.)
He's going to make matters worse, and he doesn't give a damn because he thinks this helps him in the moment. But there's blood on his hands, and it will never wash off.
