In a four-page letter detailing his grievances with the WHO, Trump called on the group to 'demonstrate independence from China' Beijing: China on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of using it "as an issue" to shift the blame from his “incompetent response" to contain the coronavirus at home, hours after he threatened to pull the US out of the World Health Organisation if it failed to demonstrate "independence" from China. "The US tries to use China as an issue to shift responsibility and bargain on its international obligations to WHO", which is a miscalculation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here.