The reorganization followed John Bolton’s appointment as national security advisor, and the departure of Tom Bossert, the homeland security advisor who the Post wrote “had called for a comprehensive biodefense strategy against pandemics and biological attacks.” CONFLICTING OPINIONS ON WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TEAM Some members of the global health and security team were merged into other units within the NSC, the article said. response against a pandemic, left the Trump administration, the Washington Post reported ( here ). In May 2018, the team was disbanded and its head Timothy Ziemer, top White House official in the NSC for leading U.S. The unit resided under the National Security Council (NSC) - a forum of White House personnel that advises the president on national security and foreign policy matters. The Global Health Security and Biodefense unit - responsible for pandemic preparedness - was established in 2015 by Barack Obama’s National Security Advisor, Susan Rice ( here ).
This claim comes amid an escalating coronavirus outbreak that as of Mahas infected over 372,000 people and left over 16,000 dead worldwide, ( here ). Numerous posts and images circulated on social media make the claim that President Donald Trump fired the "entire pandemic response team" in 2018, ( here ).
Correction: the headline of this fact-check earlier read “Trump fired pandemic response team in 2018”, it has been amended to “Trump fired entire pandemic response team in 2018”
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