On October 2, President Trump confirmed on Twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump were positive for Covid-19, amid a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 1 million people worldwide, including more than 200,000. people in America. Currently, the United States is the country with the highest number of deaths and infections by Covid-19 in the world, after the pandemic began in the city of Wuhan (China) at the end of December.
American expert Liu Wei Dong, from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that the Covid-19 infection can have positive and negative aspects for President Trump. The “bright side” is that you can use this as proof that you work hard to serve the country, even if you have a virus and voters will support you. But the “bad” side is that he cannot be present at campaign events, “Liu said, according to the report. South China morning post. Liu also said that the Covid-19 infection would give President Trump an excuse to start using stronger tactics to attack China.
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Similarly, an international relations expert from China Hai Duong University said that after being infected with Covid-19, President Trump might attract the votes of sympathetic voters, but it was certainly “believing bad for China.” Bang added: “My biggest concern is that Mr. Trump is very likely to use this opportunity to increase attacks on China.”
Beijing University international relations professor Luong Van Tuong also said that if President Trump is in poor health, his campaign will suffer, and if he stays healthy, President Trump will continue to criticize China.
Meanwhile, international relations professor Shen Yat of Fu Dan University in Shanghai said that Trump’s infection with Covid-19 would have a limited effect on the elections as the majority of voters had made a decision. .
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President Trump’s positive Covid-19 result is becoming the most searched term on social media in China, alongside keywords such as “Biden” and “American stocks.” The related news drew more than 1 billion views on Weibo in less than four hours after President Trump announced on Twitter that he was positive for Covid-19.
Also on Twitter, Ho Tich Tien, editor-in-chief Hoan Cau Times newspaper, the publication of Village diary (Communist Party of China Spokesperson) writes that President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump paid the price for taking Covid-19 lightly, according to South China morning post.
A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry told Reuters on Monday that China hopes that President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will recover soon. There is currently no information on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s response to President Trump’s Covid-19 infection.
