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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in front of the White House Oval Office on October 7 – Photo: REUTERS
Appearing at the White House for the first time since leaving the hospital, US President Donald Trump vowed on October 7 to “arrest China” for damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the report. South China morning post.
“This (COVID-19 epidemic) is not their fault, it is China’s fault. China will pay a great price for what it did to this country (US). And they will pay a great price for what they have done to it. to the world. This is China’s fault, “Trump said in a four-minute video posted on Twitter.
This is not the first time that President Trump has issued statements holding China responsible for the pandemic.
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in September, Trump said China must be held accountable for “unleashing” the COVID-19 epidemic that has swept across the world. At the time, Beijing had denied Trump’s allegations and said Trump used the United Nations forum to incite confrontation.
In July, Trump also declared that “China has caused great harm to the United States and the rest of the world” due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before posting the message on Twitter on October 7, Trump also called the new strain of the corona virus that causes COVID-19 a “Chinese virus,” when he said there was phone call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
“Thank you so much for the friendship and support of Mr. Johnson as I recover from the ‘Chinese virus’. I look forward to working with him for many more years,” Trump wrote and this is not the first time. He first used the phrase “Chinese virus”, which had had a strong reaction in Beijing in the past.
Since the first cases reported in Wuhan City (Hubei Province, China), the COVID-19 outbreak has spread across the world, with more than 36 million infections and more than 1 million deaths to date. .
The disease situation in China is generally under control, while the United States is the country with the highest number of infections (more than 7.7 million) and deaths (more than 216,000) in the world.
