Fact-checking Trump's letter blasting the World Health Organization
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Fact-checking Trumps letter blasting the World Health Organization
By
Glenn Kessler
May 20, 2020 at 3:00 a.m. EDT
In previous administrations, a letter to an international organization signed by the U.S. president generally would have been carefully vetted and fact-checked. But President Trumps May 18 letter to World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus contains a number of false or misleading statements in it. Heres a sampling, as well as a guide to some of his claims:
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