When the WHO Wouldn’t Return the Flag, Trump and Rubio Sent the Marines
David Manney | 2:29 PM on February 07, 2026
Respect is nothing more than an abstraction until somebody refuses to show it; that's when symbols clarify moments.
Flags matter because they represent authority, sacrifice, and ownership. The World Health Organization (WHO) crossed that line when it decided to keep the United States' flag after President Donald Trump withdrew from the organization. That decision led to a rare action on the world's political stage: Somebody acted.
President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the WHO because of decades of mismanagement, compliance with hostile governments, and repeated failures during global health scares. There are consequences resulting from the withdrawal: legal, diplomatic, and symbolic. At the WHO's headquarters, our flag was displayed; ownership never changed when we ended our membership, and when the organization refused to return it, then it became a straightforward matter.
Last year, President Trump withdrew the United States from the corrupt globalist institution, the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO said we owed them more than $100 million. This is after they lied about the pandemic at the request of the Chinese Communist Party. President Trump made it clear that they owed us for what they did during the pandemic.
Since the WHO claimed it did not approve the U.S. withdrawal from the agency, it said the U.S. remains a member and that the U.S. can’t have its flag back. President Trump said in no uncertain terms, " We will take our flag back.
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