Trump keeps promise by signing EO banning federal funding for gain-of-function research

President Donald Trump on Monday kept a promise he made last year by signing an executive order that bans federal funding for gain-of-function research in countries like China and Iran, which is believed to be at the heart of the COVID-19 lab leak in Wuhan.

Trump outlined his plan to deal with gain-of-function research to Just The News' John Solomon on his podcast last October. 

"For decades, policies overseeing gain-of-function research on pathogens, toxins, and potential pathogens have lacked adequate enforcement, transparency, and top-down oversight," the White House said in a fact sheet obtained by Fox News. "Researchers have not acknowledged the legitimate potential for societal harms that this kind of research poses."