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Weijia Jiang, a White House correspondent for CBS News, was born in China. He came to the United States at the age of two. The Asian-American journalist asked President Donald Trump at a White House press conference Monday (local time): “How do you think the coronavirus is a global problem, despite the deaths of more than 60,000 people in the United States?”
In response, Trump mocked Jiang, saying, “Such questions should be asked of China.”
Trump then responded to CNN correspondent at the White House, Catlan Collins. But, Jiang replied, “Sir, (to question China) are you specifically telling me?”
Turning away from Collins, Trump said to Jiang, “I am telling you. But I am not telling anyone specifically. I am telling everyone who asks such bad questions.
“It is not a bad question at all,” Jiang said.
Trump asked other reporters to ask questions without giving any answers. “I have two questions,” Collins told the president.
In response, Trump said, “No, stay.”
Collins then said, ‘But, you gave me a chance to ask questions. I have two questions for you.
In response, Trump said, “Yes, I gave you the opportunity, you didn’t take it.”
Collins said: ‘I gave my colleague (Jiang) the opportunity to finish what he said. Can I ask a question now?
Trump then ended the press conference. “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all very much,” he said.
According to CNN, President Trump’s behavior has sparked a storm of convictions in the United States. Well-known journalist and writer Wolf Blitzer called the behavior “ugly”. Democratic opponents of the country have called it a “tragedy.”
Senator Barney Sanders said on Twitter: “Such a cowardly attack on others to demonstrate their strength.”
Critics also say Trump’s treatment of Jiang is “racist.”
