Will Porter returns to Foreign Policy Focus to talk about several top news stories. Will discuss Yemen’s depleted healthcare system as we have the first recorded case of COVID in Yemen. In the midst of the pandemic, Trump froze US funding to the WHO. Will explains Trump’s reasoning for cutting the funding and breaks down how much criticism the WHO deserves. Kyle and Will talk about US Iran tensions and how a recent encounter shows America needs a new policy for the Persian Gulf.
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- WHO Funding
- COVID outbreak on a hospital ship
- ‘Dangerous’ US-Iran encounter
- US-backed Syrian rebels ambush each other
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