The United States Is Officially Out of WHO! Or Is It?

By Carole Hornsby Haynes      January 23, 2026 

We’re out! The United States is officially out of the World Health Organization, one year after giving notice!

At the end of his Inaugural Day activities on January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order that was delivered to the WHO two days later. On January 22, 2026, the withdrawal became official, leaving the Gates Foundation and GAVI to fill the power vacuum as topcontributors. 

Trump’s Executive Orderaddresses the reaons for the withdrawal including, “The WHO’s mishandling of the COVID-19 that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.  In addition, the WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries’ assessed payments.  China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has 300 percent of the population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 90 percent less to the WHO.”   

Trump filed notice of U.S. withdrawal from WHO in 2020 at the peak of the COVID pandemic. It was reversed by President on his first day in office. 

The process is far more complicated than simply saying “I divorce you.” 

With WHO set to lose $988 million for the 2025-2026 period from the United States, there is much pearl clutching.WHO officials have reminded Trump there are two requirements for leaving. The first requirement is a one-year notice. The second is paying all dues owed – $278 for the 2024-2025 period.

The State Department has said WHO will not get another dime from the United States. 

According to the WHO constitution, the 194 member nations are not allowed to withdraw. The U.S. is an exception – the only exception. In the 1948 joint resolution through Congress the U.S. reserved the right to withdraw. WHO is denying the U.S. right to withdraw unless they pay up. Do they really believe they can keep a sovereign nation from leaving? Do they really believe we will pay hundreds of millions more? 

If the United States remains in the organization, Americans will be subjected to further medical tyranny under the WHO Pandemic Agreement that WHO officially approved in May 2025. This agreement sets the stage for fast-tracked experimental vaccines, top-down emergency mandates, digital vaccine passports, expanded cross-border surveillance, and coordinated censorship of dissenting scientists and physicians under the banner of “misinformation.” 

Member nations are expected to discuss whether the United States can leave, with or without payment, in February at the WHO Executive Board meeting and again at the World Health Assembly in May. 

They will soon realize there is “a new sheriff in town.” Their bullying and intimidating us like spoiled brats is gone with the “old world order.” Americans are fed up with funding the world that hates us.