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John Oliver on Sunday's 'Last Week Tonight' took a deep dive into President Trump's issues with the World Health Organization or, as Oliver called it, "one of the president's favorite punching bags."

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00:00Our main story concerns the World Health Organization, or WHO.

00:05You may already be aware of it in its role as one of the president's favorite punching bags.

00:09John Oliver took a deep dive into President Trump's issues with the World Health Organization

00:13on Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight on HBO.

00:17Over the last six months, Trump has consistently tried to deflect blame

00:21for his handling of the coronavirus onto the WHO, China,

00:25and the close relationship that he claims the two have.

00:27Oliver noted that Trump had formally submitted a notice to the United Nations

00:31to withdraw from the WHO that will take effect on July 6, 2021.

00:36The host then laid out his case about the importance of the WHO

00:39and why he believes the U.S.'s withdrawal would be detrimental.

00:42He pointed out the WHO's contributions over the years, including eradicating smallpox in 1979.

00:48Oliver also noted that the WHO develops the flu vaccine every year

00:52and tracks dozens of other infectious diseases worldwide,

00:55from monkeypox to yellow fever to Ebola.

00:58Plus, the WHO is on the verge of eradicating polio.

01:01According to the host, the WHO's annual budget is $2.4 billion a year,

01:06which equals the budget of a large U.S. hospital.

01:08At its best, the WHO does vitally important work for shockingly little money,

01:14which is not to say that it is perfect.

01:16Oliver went on to detail criticisms of how the organization has behaved in the past,

01:20including being, quote,

01:21too slow to respond to the Ebola outbreak in 2015.

01:25However, he added that deciding to pull away from the WHO in the middle of a pandemic is like,

01:29taking the fire engines away in the middle of fighting the fire,

01:32or getting rid of the lifeboats while the boat is sinking,

01:35or choosing to edit Kevin Spacey into a movie just weeks before its release date.

01:40Oliver continued, it's the worst possible decision at the worst possible time.

01:44The host summed it all up like this,

01:46It is fine if the U.S. has problems with the WHO.

01:50It has problems.

01:52But the solution clearly isn't to walk away, it's to try and fix them.

01:56He continued, but the only way for the U.S. to have a say in how that happens

01:59is to have a seat at the table.

02:01And we're about to just give that up.

02:03For much more of what Oliver had to say, go to THR.com.

02:06For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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