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

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.

The move means that the US would leave the health agency in 12 months and stop all financial contributions to its work.

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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). "Oooh, that's a big one," the newly inaugurated US president said as he approved the document after arriving back at the White House.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the US to withdraw from the World Health Organization, a decision that would cut off one of the international aid and disease response group’s largest funding sources.

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-elect Donald Trump could take action in two key areas: restricting foreign organizations receiving U.S. funding from providing or promoting abortion and withdrawing from the World Health Organization.

Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy is leading House GOP lawmakers with legislation that would block U.S. taxpayer funding to the World Health Organization.

Trump has signed an executive order beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization, the global agency that came into the spotlight at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.