National security adviser Robert O'Brien told NPR that the White House is investigating Chinese funding of the World Health Organization. He is seen here earlier this month at the White House.National security adviser Robert O'Brien told NPR that the White House is investigating Chinese funding of the World Health Organization. He is seen here earlier this month at the White House.
"We spend almost half a billion dollars with the WHO," he told Inskeep."China, which controls the WHO, unfortunately — the WHO has become a bit of a propaganda tool for the Chinese — spends about $40 million. At least that's what they spend with the organization openly. How they may spend other money to influence the organization — that's something we're investigating very carefully.
What about the 18 million of PPE we gave China compliments of trump administration ?
As I read the news headlines about people in our government blatantly lying to the American public I wonder how we got here and how we can fix it. The only thing that I can think of is to take back our power and VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
'O'Brien said China 'controls' the WHO, and said the administration's investigation is intended to uncover how.' So you don't know how but China controls the WHO? WTF? Did I understand that correctly?
Trump is owned by Putin
Oh my a Trump official announcement that they are going to investigate a conspiracy theory favored br the president must be Tuesday.
Blah blah blah
Oh, stop already!! And investigate Trump who tried to pretend that the Coronavirus was nothing, A hoax, something that wasn’t here!! Why, because he was more worried about the money situation than the sick and dying people and he is still thinking that way!!
No. You’re a propaganda tool for the GOP and realDonaldTrump.
The fear hoax!
Glad we have cut funds for them. Time to clean up who is corruptly receiving our money.
So I wake in up to find that stupidity still reigns in the United States.
trump 101: find a scapegoat, make them into the bad guy. Repeat the lie as necessary. Anyone still believing this criminal “administration” is too far gone.
Jackass
Nobody is buying his BS anymore than they are buying China’s.
So Trump's solution was to take funding away because they are manipulated by money. The entire Republican party is a propaganda tool of the NRA who is funded by the Russians.
Maybe he should start his propaganda hunt at Fox.
All this means to me is this administration DEFINITELY tried to influence the WHO with money
Deflection and distraction. Fix the USA pandemic first
I highly suspect these white house guys are controlled by some anti-china cult group. They just speak in a similar way- nonsense and repeat again and again.
WWIII during a pandemic? Who is writing this story?
Ridiculous waste of time
What the f*!$ will they come up with next? This administration has made dealing with loss and unemployment so much worse than it has to be. On a daily basis I’m mystified. It feels like we’re being kicked while we’re down l.
So, waste time “investigating” WHO, when anyone with a brain knows who is responsible for ignoring warnings from WHO, CDC, their own admin and for dismantling the Pandemic team. But hey, only 40k+ American lives have been lost & still no national plan to fight the pandemic.
Is rporting what people say in bad faith without providing context the aim of journalism?
What a waste! It is like investigating if the money paid to lobbyists or donation by corporations and wealthy individuals to politicians to finance campaigns influences the policy decisions.
Another wacky conspiracy theory from the wacky conspiracy guy! Go figure!
Very Old News
NPR defending Chicoms. Shut them down.
Look a squirrel
Every other country in the world has relied on WHO guidance. Except this one. And we lead the world in deaths.
OMG JUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR BULLSHIT AND QUIT DEFLECTING FOR GODS SAKE!!!!
Do something productive, like secure PPE for our medical staff & testing for our entire nation. Stop desperately searching for a scapegoat! Trump & his admin blew it. Our country is suffering as badly as it is because of their negligence. Period. It’s criminal.
Chem trails. It’s gotta be chem trails 🤪
Seriously pathetic
Am I gonna have to bust out the now infamous WHO Tweet calling the virus non transmittable by humans.
No thank you.
So, he’s going to use tax payer money to follow up on a fictitious story to save your ass? I’m not surprised, it’s just so ridiculous!
That’s why they’re under investigation
BYEDON 2020
You mean the Chinese have greater leverage in WHO than USA since Trump defunded WHO?
Clean all the idiots out of government. Now before we all die.
Russian Roulette anyone? For starvation wages.
😂 just in. He’s a tool
Unbelievable
The WHO has been briefing the WH since early Jan. No wonder they want to put the blame on someone else.
Keep passing the buck idiots.
Can we hear from a real intelligence official?
😑 just a ridiculous thought process. The US (trump in particular) failed in taking the threat seriously in January. Could have done something, but didn’t. So here we are.
well, there IS a tool here....
November can't get here fast enough. The US election impacts the world. GOP = Russia PutinsPawns
This is no way to go about an investigation, if there really is one. Telegraph it why don’t you? This is incredibly sloppy work.
Can everyone on that cabinet catch the damn rona and die already I think that would save more lives
Deny, delay, distract
JHFC
FFS - we are in a pandemic and these yahoos are going around creating conspiracy theories and pretending they are in a Hollywood movie. You can't make this shit up.
Oh you mean like FOX is for Republicans? Got it
Another weirdo.
Trump really fumbled the ball here, but so did the WHO, i say lets investigate them, i really wanna know
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Price check on RobertOBrien , I think this is bad....
realDonaldTrump
Why does this come as absolutely no surprise.
The lying pandemic is peaking.
Just like he is a propaganda tool for the President.
They’re reaching for anything to cover up the incompetence of this clown administration. All of them should be charged with criminal negligence for allowing 45,000 Americans to die, starting with the clown in the WH.
Hahaha. Coming from a trumper.
It's funny how the news is about two months behind us 'crazy' people.
Propaganda tool for Trump
WTF is happening to our government? At a time when we should be ALL working together to stop this pandemic, Trump is worried about passing blame That could all be worked out later Because it's all about Trump - all the time
Considering the IQ level of your Voter Base, I predict this is going to be an easy sell.
It is.
speaking of propaganda tools, members of the trump government have zero credibility.
ALL AMERICANS, BOTH DEMOCRAT& REPUBLICAN, FUND NPR THRU TAXES. REPUBLICANS R SICK & TIRED OF PAYING U TO BASH & TRASH OUR PRESIDENT, OUR VALUES, & OUR RELIGION LISTENING TO YOU SOUNDS LIKE LISTENING TO A MINI VERSION OF CNN WHO IS INSANE WITH HATE FOR OUR PRESIDENT! DEFUND NPR!
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just climb back inside daddy's ass already
Blame game diversion still.
WTF!!! I can’t wait to vote in November!
NSC really? You want to try that? Americans working for WHO fed warning info directly to Trump about Covid-19.
It never ends.
How much energy are the spending on the investigation of the US pulling out of the pandemic studies going on in China?
And not because of China alone...China is consistently protected by Bill Gates—who through his 'foundation' is the 2 WHO donor. Gates and other global elites who do biz in China, love its authoritarianism & want to remake other nations in its mold—thus Lockdowns, Mitigation etc.
Now is not the time
This administration is absolutely ridiculous!!
Why?
I don’t trust the Chinese. But it’s a shame that I trust Trump’s government about the same.
Oh, is Trump a propaganda tool for the Chinese as well? His tweets certainly seem to say so.
How about the White House use that resource to investigate how to make testing and PPE more widely available for Americans?
This is beyond stupid and a waste of time. Whatever makes it easier to show that WHO was never funded by China and make Republicans and conspiracy theorists look dumb.
Whereas he is just a tool
the Trump camp knows all about foreign influence...
ALWAYS THE SAME WITH NPR, WHEN IT'S A REPUBLICAN IT GOES LIKE '...He ALLEGES that the WHO is a propaganda tool for the Chinese'. IF IT WERE A DEMOCRAT THAT SAID THIS U WOULD REPORT LIKE THIS '...He SAYS that the WHO is a propaganda tool for the Chinese'. MINI VERSION OF CNN!
Another NPR article just parroting administration lies and conspiracy theories.
Jesus Christ
I'm trying to understand which one is using propaganda... 🤔
Speaking of tools ...
Whether money played a role in China? Does the Pope wear a hat?
Mr. Robert O'Brien...
It breaks my mind that We the People PAY this guy!
Why don't you look into the propaganda machine right here in the US of A commrade.
How bout you investigate the boss fucking america
They would say anything to save Trump. The White House? investigating? who? Jared Kushner? Stephen Miller? Kellyann? all tree together?
'Trumps cabinet makes up more nonsense' Fixed the headline.
I didn't know Brits love racial politics. I guess, starting Jeets, it became painfully obvious.
Waiting to hear something from SenatorCollins about this...crickets
This administration doesn't even know what the WHO is.😆😆😆
Sure! Anything to distract
Trump should’ve had somebody there but he doesn’t know what he’s doing.
BS!
Idiot. Wasting our tax money 😡🇺🇸
To be clear, we are now defending the Chinese government.
Why amplify their distraction campaign?
I trust nothing this admin says/The Who did make mistakes/but the USA must continue supporting the Who
Does this feel like their multimillion, never ending Benghazi hearing?
Dear Trumpers, try harder.
Except the U.S. contributes a lot mor than China. More BS from this BS administration.
Oh for God’s sake.
This rhetoric is just plain silly and it's also dangerous to the health of people all over the planet. There is no evidence at all that WHO did anything but the job they are supposed to do. Stop burning international bridges, O'Brien, and focus on cooperating with our allies.
Dear god, they’re everywhere. Gotta love how we get to pay for the privilege of these lunatics to complete the destruction of humanity & civility as we have come to enjoy it. Well paid, tax payer funded anarchists
I didn't know Brits love racial politics.
Who are you and what did u do with ?
Yes. This is EXACTLY where we should be deploying government assets right now. 🙄
Much like anyone who works for this clown in the WH is simply a propaganda tool for their boss. Please, do they actually ever listen to what he says versus what he thinks he said?
You’d think at some point I’d stop being surprised. But they just keep going farther off the rails.
I thought they just played rock n roll, now this!!!! Noooooooo
Like this corrupt band of idiots has any standing to point fingers.
Gimme a break. Investigate CDC as well. They had all the same info. Reached all the same conclusions.
Here’s a detailed timeline of the U.S. government pandemic response. It includes the WHO guide to help countries perform risk assessments and create response plans to the novel coronavirus, published on January 9, 2020:
He is a tool. In Trumps mind, it is just another 'globalist' organization with an array of non-white countries represented. Just like the UN, the IMF, the World Bank etc. All backed by Soros. We are seriously the laughing stock of the world when we should all be working together.
I'm not entirely familiar with the WHO or inner workings of such an organization, but at first glance, on the surface at least, this sounds fucking stupid🤔 correct me if I'm wrong
We need a White House investigation because Trump desperately needs to blame his bungling of the COVIDー19 pandemic on the Chinese or WHO or his impeachment trial--the list goes on--not his dismissive approach to the experts who warned him repeatedly.
Pretty far stretch. Are the Trump sycophants a little desperate?
That doesn't seem the most likely scenario.
obrien is a propaganda tool of trump stoptreatingthisaslegit
Says the propaganda tool for the Russians...or just “says the tool”
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