President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the World Health Organization via executive order Monday evening to the shock of some.

One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is “cataclysmic.”

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United Nations’ public health agency and drawing criticism from public health experts.

Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.

The U.S. has traditionally been the most generous benefactor of the WHO. A Trump executive order to cut ties with the WHO could pose a threat to global public health.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States will exit the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday night withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.

Experts have also cautioned that withdrawing from the organization could weaken the world’s defenses against dangerous new outbreaks.

By Patrick Wingrove, Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge NEW YORK/LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

President Trump has signed an executive order​ beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.