RFK Jr. Torches the World Health Organization as the United States Exits [WATCH]

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. formally announced the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, citing deep-rooted dysfunction, foreign influence, and the organization’s failure to reform in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a direct statement addressing international health officials, Kennedy detailed the reasons for the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Geneva-based global health body and laid out a new vision for international health cooperation.

“President Trump has made the decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization,” Kennedy stated.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to offer some background to that decision, and, more importantly, to chart a future path toward global cooperation on health and health security.”

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Kennedy criticized the WHO for straying from its intended purpose and succumbing to political pressure and corporate interests.

“Like many legacy institutions, the WHO has become mired in bureaucratic bloat, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest and international power politics,” Kennedy said.

“While the United States has provided the lion’s share of the organization’s funding historically, other countries, such as China, have exerted undue influence over its operations in ways that serve their own interests and not particularly the interests of the global public.”

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He cited the organization’s early response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a primary failure.

“This all became obvious during the COVID pandemic, when the WHO under pressure from China suppressed reports at critical junctures of human-to-human transmission and then worked with China to promote the fiction that COVID originated from bats or pangolins, rather than from a Chinese government-sponsored research at a Bio Lab in Wuhan.”

Kennedy accused the WHO of lacking transparency and prioritizing political agendas over public health.

“The WHO often acts like it has forgotten that its members must remain accountable to their own citizens and not to transnational or corporate interests,” Kennedy said.

“Too often it has allowed political agendas like pushing harmful gender ideology to hijack its core mission.”

Despite acknowledging some of the WHO’s past accomplishments, including the eradication of smallpox, Kennedy said the organization has failed to learn from its mistakes.

“The WHO has not even come to terms with its failures during COVID, let alone made significant reforms. Instead, it has doubled down with the pandemic agreement, which will lock in all of the dysfunctions of the WHO pandemic response. We’re not going to participate in that.”

Kennedy outlined a new direction for U.S. health priorities, emphasizing a pivot toward fighting chronic disease and improving domestic health systems.

“Here in the United States, we’re going to continue to focus on infectious disease and pandemic preparedness, but we’re also fundamentally shifting the priorities of our health agencies to focus on chronic diseases, which are prevalent in the United States,” he said.

“We’re now pivoting to make our health care system more responsive to this reality.”

He listed several initiatives underway within the Trump administration.

“We’re removing food dyes and other harmful additives from our food supply. We’re investigating the causes of autism and other chronic diseases. We’re seeking to reduce consumption of ultra processed foods, and we’re going to support lifestyle changes that will bolster the immune systems and transform the health of our people.”

Kennedy emphasized that the United States remains committed to global health cooperation but wants it conducted with accountability and fairness.

“I urge the world’s health ministers and the WHO to take our withdrawal from the organization as a wake-up call,” he said.

“It isn’t that President Trump and I have lost interest in international cooperation—not at all. We just want it to happen in a way that’s fair and efficient and transparent for all the member states.”

He extended an invitation to countries around the world to join the U.S. in building a new framework for international health collaboration.

“We want to free international health cooperation from the straitjacket of political interference by corrupting influences of the pharmaceutical companies, of adversarial nations, and their NGO proxies. Let’s create new institutions or revisit existing institutions that are lean, efficient, transparent and accountable.”

Kennedy closed the statement with a call to global health leaders to refocus on protecting future generations.

“Thank you, and may God bless you, and let’s all pray for the health of our children and our grandchildren.”

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— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) May 20, 2025

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