<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>LAS VEGAS (Jan 26): President Donald Trump said on Saturday he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization, days after ordering a US exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic and other international health crises.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>"Maybe we would consider doing it again, I don't know. Maybe we would. They would have to clean it up," Trump said at a rally in Las Vegas.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The US is scheduled to leave the WHO on Jan 22, 2026. Trump announced the move on Monday after he was sworn in for a second term in the White House.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The US is by far the biggest financial backer of the WHO, contributing around 18% of its overall funding. The WHO's most recent two-year budget, for 2024-2025, was US$6.8 billion (RM29.7 billion).</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Trump told the crowd in Las Vegas he was unhappy that the US paid more into the WHO than China, which has a much bigger population.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>He added that he will ask Saudi Arabia to make an investment of about US$1 trillion in the US, up from the US$600 billion the Saudis have pledged to invest.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Trump in the past week that the kingdom wants to put US$600 billion into expanded investment and trade with the US over the next four years.</p></div>

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President Donald Trump said on Saturday he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization, days after ordering a US exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

Trump says he may consider rejoining World Health Organization

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