Having lost more than two months to combat coronavirus, the US president found a scapegoat

Trump did not immediately deal with a worldwell - she was too small for him to notice her. He called the virus a microbe and assured the audience for a long time that the unknown something would disappear, as it appeared - with the advent of a summer heat or simply a wonderful way. Preventively later he found everything explaining (and lifting) the image - "invisible enemy." Now the President of the United States saw the enemy in the face. This is a World Health Organization.

It is to blame for the fact that the United States turned out to be a world leader in the two most undesirable trends - by the number of infection with coronavirus (620,000 people) and by the number of deaths from it (28,000; numbers for the middle of the past week). And - the president of wartime - he struck the enemy in the solar plexus: he announced that he was opening an investigation into WHO activities and at this time suspended its financing.

In the midst of world pandemic to fight with WHO? Found the time and place. Corporate Donald Trump.

What WHO does
The specialized institution of the United Nations - WHO - was founded in 1948. Headquarters in Geneva. It monitors world public healthcare, coordinates vaccination campaigns, emergency situations, and helps in the organization of primary health care. The main advantage? Latitude, universal character. The main drawback? He is the same nature. Political and material dependence on 196 member states. Of course, from five permanent members of the UN Security Council - first of all. From sponsors - state and private.

WHO budgets (planned on a two-year basis) consist of two types of contributions: mandatory-on member states (in direct dependence of the well-being of the country) and voluntary-from the donations of philanthropists, in particular the pharmaceutical industry.

The largest payer is the USA. 15–20% of the WHO budget. Over $ 400 million - in the budget of 2018–2019. (Russian contribution - 2.4%). The largest philanthropist is Bill Gates. In 2017, the Bill and Melinda of Gates contributed $ 327 million - more than any state except the United States. “To stop the WHO funding during the health crisis is obviously dangerous,” Donald Trump Bill Gates commented on the statement of Donald Trump. -The work of this organization inhibits the spread of the Covid-19. If this work is stopped, no organization will replace it. The world needs WHO now, as never before. ”

What is her fault?

What specifically is charged with Trump WHO?

“If WHO had completed her work and sent medical experts to China (at once) to assess the situation on the spot and call China accountable for the lack of transparency, an explosion (coronavirus) could be restrained in an embryo with a minimum of deaths,” he said to the press. - It would save thousands of lives and help to avoid the global economic crisis.

Instead, she deliberately closed her eyes to Chinese assurances, distributed Chinese misinformation and defended the Chinese government in every way. ”

Accusations, as always, are sweeping and peremptory. It is worth recreating two rows - WHO actions in a parallel with the actions of the Chinese authorities and the actions and/or inaction of Trump himself in a parallel with the actions of WHO.

At the first stage, the Chinese authorities did everything to diminish and hide what was happening, up to the persecution of doctors who tried to sound the alarm. It was later said that these are “local authorities”, but such is a typical model of behavior under an authoritarian regime. And all this time, Beijing did not allow WHO experts to the scene. (By agreement, the WHO participants have 24 hours to report the threat of such a class). Only on February 10, when 40,000 cases of infection have already been announced, WHO experts, including two American experts, reached Jun.

At the second stage, Beijing introduced severe quarantine measures, which only authoritarian power is capable of. They can be called dragon, but they turned out to be effective, and WHO praised them with the mouth of their general secretary. Not only she. Trump praised them.

“China is very stubbornly working to hold back coronavirus. The United States highly assess their efforts and openness. It all works well. In particular, I want to thank President SI. ” Tweet of January 25.

Did you distribute a misinformation?

On January 14, there was a tweet of WHO that, according to the preliminary conclusions of Chinese investigations, “unambiguous evidence that a new virus was transmitted from person to person”, was found. On January 22, WHO made an official statement that in Jun there was a transfer of the virus from person to person.

World alarm

It is important to remember what can and what she cannot.

Can WHO order the national Ministry of Health? No. But it can help - especially the most vulnerable countries with the most weak healthcare systems. On February 5, WHO launched a program of such assistance in a volume of $ 675 million. The figure seems to grow to a billion.

And this organization can warn, warn, advise, recommend. What is especially important in conditions when it is unknown how an unknown virus behaves, against which there is no vaccine, no medicine, or proven therapeutic agents.

Can a vaccine invent? No, this is not a scientific and not a medical institution. But it makes an inventory of all vaccines developments that are made anywhere - on which platform, at what stage of development. This should accelerate the appearance of the vaccine.

And the most emergency remedy in the arsenal of WHO. She can and should hit the world alarm. Declare the "Emergency situation in the field of public healthcare of international significance."

This is her “call to action” and the measure of “last instance”. On January 30, WHO did this.

The most enchanting press conference

But why did Trump hit the WHO and why did he do it now? The explanation may seem ridiculous. Moreover, in essence it is just that. But this is Trump.

On Monday, April 13, Donald Trump gave another press conference, which, according to the BBC columnist John Sopel, became the “most stunning, amazing, phenomenal and enchanting” press conference for his long professional life. Actually, this was supposed to be a daily report of the White House Operational Group for Coronavirus, which Trump created some time ago, putting at her head Michael Pence as an ideal lightning rod. But the television screen ... do not give the vice president such a brilliant opportunity to show off before the nation! And Trump turned her into his new personal show with an absolutely arbitrary program - an endless self -praise and beaten the spiteful and enemies of the people. Moreover, here they are, right before their eyes, is a questioning press. Each uncomfortable question is spiteful, provocation and enemy sortie.

In his introductory word at that enchanting press conference, Trump colorfully described what kind of crushing blow he struck the Covid-19, closing regular air communication with China on January 30. An unprecedented action. Everyone was against it. But he looked far away ... sitting directly opposite at a distance slightly exceeding the range of viral security of three feet, the correspondent of the SIB-Bi-ES Poly Read objected that, although it was a bold step, nothing was followed in February ...-The number of tests was minimal, the precious time was lost. The president became furious. What did you do in February? - asked Poly Reid. “In January, I closed the air message ...” - raising my voice into several decibels, blurted out Trump. Yes, but what did you do in February? "Equal to what we did, I did not see the light." “In January, I closed the air message ...” His voice was already rattling like the Iericho pipe. Yes, but what did you do in February? - the voice of a stubborn journalist made his way through the presidential muffler. “In January, I closed the air message ...” And you are “fake”, and your television company is “shame” ...

In fact, this was the right question.

70 missed days

The first formal notice that in China is a flash of coronavirus, the Trump administration received on January 3. Following signals from secret services confirming the seriousness of the threat emanating from it. It reached Trump or did not reach, the reaction was zero attention.

“Everything is completely under control” is his January refrain. "Coronavirus is something like chills."

“Due to what we have done, the risk for the Americans is very low ... We have only 15 cases ... Fifteen in a couple of days will go down to zero ...” - this is February 26.

And even in early March, he still fought at all with that opponent: “They (panic, speculators, opponents) try to intimidate everyone, cancel rallies, close schools - you know, just destroy the country ... well, ok. The main thing is that we won the election. ” Elections in November covered his eyes in March.

In fact, coronavirus was already walking around the country. The sisters, the doctors screamed tearfully that they did not have enough elementary protective equipment - masks, robes ... What can we say about people on the street.

The most developed country in the world is catastrophically not ready for a rapidly impending crisis - these were already letters on the wall.

But Trump is not able to publicly admit anything that can throw a shadow at his presidency. From the television screen, he daily tells how good in the country is the best in the world-with tests, masks, beds, artificial respiration devices ... Although governors from hot spots like New York say that they are critically lacking. In his endless self -presentation there is only light and brilliance.

And at the same time: "I do not bear any responsibility." March.

Having shown the miracles of diplomacy, medical experts Dr. Fauchi and Dr. Berks on his fingers, in graphic schemes explain to him that coronavirus does not say that if it is hard to introduce measures to communicate in communication, the number of victims can be calculated by astronomical numbers - in the coming weeks. And he changes the motive. At the next press conference, he appears with these very schemes-posters. Very clearly: 2.2 million Americans can die from coronavirus! No, we will not allow this. Maybe “only” 100-200 thousand. As if a month ago he did not assure that “we are doing a fantastic work” and that “everything is under control”. Now “only” 100 thousand victims - this will be his “great success”. In general, any figure is less than two million.

Governors close their states. Trump - at peak to everyone - suddenly announces that he wants to open the country. After two weeks. To Easter. “Easter is a very special day for me. How wonderful if all the churches were full ... You will fill the churches throughout the country. I think that would be a great time. ” (March.) Then he explains that this is such a dream. He is a dreamer.

And he is worried about something else. His show. “President Trump is a hit of ratings ... Our television reports on the coronavirus have a deafening number of spectators. More like a popular sitcom in prime time ”(tweet of March 29).

If we count from the beginning of January, when the presidential administration received the first official signal about the threat of coronavirus, to the first real actions on his part - organizational, technological, intensive care (and they came only at the end of March) - a hole of 70 critically important days is formed. What were they spent on?

Here's what was contained in the urgent issue of the correspondent of the CB-Bi-ES Poly Reid. Which Trump had no answer. A couple of days later he found the answer. WHO is to blame!

He translated the arrow. Unreasonable logic. The US President belongs to Batman. In the world in which he lives - which is important to him - it passes with a bang. Who would answer him? General Director of Tedros Adkhan Goebreesus? UN Secretary General Antoniu Guterrish? Presidents-prime ministers? Directly and essentially ... in the world of a high polites, alas, no one. It is necessary to live in another world.

And here is the news from this other world. Lady Gaga raised $ 35 million to the Fund for the fight against coronavirus established by WHO. She answered Batman - and without words.