Thread by @rgoodlaw

#Pompeo shows up ignominiously in 2 news items

1. Leaked memo: Pompeo instruction to kick WHO out of loop in aid delivery.

This will cost lives.

2. Pompeo to argue US is still part of Iran deal after saying US quit.

Maybe he'll say he was being sarcastic when we said we quit?

https://twitter.com/just_security/status/1254744352695422977

2. Here's the scoop on the State Department's leaked internal memo instructing US officials to cutout the #WHO from aid delivery in developing countries (scoop by @John_Hudson @jdawsey1 @smekhennet)

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

3. Good to see a statement like this on #WHO (in WaPo) from an elected Republican.

“I’m reluctant to think that the middle of the fight is the time to eliminate one of the partners in the fight, no matter how many concerns you have about what they’re doing.”

Senator @RoyBlunt

4. And, as usual, @RichardGowan1 nails it:

"If State starts giving funds to other implementers to carry out health programs the WHO would have overseen, there is a risk that the U.S. starts spreading resources out in an inefficient, fragmentary fashion.”

5. On Iran deal, a must read thread.👇

Compares

(a) Pompeo's idea that US can reclaim it's a party to #Irandeal to invoke the deal's penalty system.

(b) Pompeo and other Trump officials repeatedly saying the US is out of the deal.

(hat tip: @lrozen)

https://twitter.com/johnsonrc01/status/1254540819517890563