[488] In May and April, Trump accused the WHO of "severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus" and alleged without evidence that the organization was under Chinese control and had enabled the Chinese government's concealment of the origins of the pandemic.[488][489][490] He then announced that he was withdrawing funding for the organization.[488] Trump's criticisms and actions regarding the WHO were seen as attempts to distract attention from his own mishandling of the pandemic.[488][491][492] In July 2020, Trump announced the formal withdrawal of the United States from the WHO effective July 2021.[489][490] The decision was widely condemned by health and government officials as "short-sighted", "senseless", and "dangerous".[489][490]

Testing
Further information: COVID-19 testing in the United States
In June and July, Trump said several times that the U.S. would have fewer cases of coronavirus if it did less testing, that having a large number of reported cases "makes us look bad".[493][494] The CDC guideline at the time was that any person exposed to the virus should be "quickly identified and tested" even if they are not showing symptoms, because asymptomatic people can still spread the virus.