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United States President Donald Trump announced on April 19 that he wanted to send researchers to China to learn about the outbreak of the new strain of the coronavirus. The movement is believed to come from mounting pressure on him.
Many Republican lawmakers and President Trump force him to take severe sanctions against China for the massive outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has recently been cautious, avoiding posing threats of consequences to Beijing on this issue.
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| The President of the United States, Donald Trump. Photo: AP |
Since the start of the pandemic, Trump has made statements that suggest China is responsible for the origin and spread of the deadly pathogen. For weeks, he insisted on calling the new strain of the virus crown the “Chinese virus,” despite criticism that the so-called “racist” and “deliberately blamed” Beijing.
The President claimed that he was protecting the US Army. USA Only in response to Beijing accusing US troops of bringing deadly viruses to China. But he also continued to praise the “very good” and “very respectful” personal relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In recent days, White House leaders have answered most questions about Beijing’s response to the epidemic by diverting to the China-U.S. Trade war last year. Last April 17, in response to a journalist’s direct question about whether he would consider China financially responsible for the global sweep of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Trump only replied. , “unhappy with China” because Beijing “did not warn the world” about the new strain of the coronavirus soon.
Trump also claimed that no one has treated China “as severe and strong” as he. The head of the White House noted that billions of dollars have entered the treasury of the United States thanks to his tough actions against the second largest economy in the world.
However, on Capitol Hill, many politicians and Trump administration officials, including national security adviser Robert O’Brien, believe in the theory that the new strain of the coronavirus originates from a Chinese laboratory in Wuyi. Han and Beijing’s reaction in the early stages of the crisis contributed to the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, which then spread outside the continent.
According to the defense news and defense website Defense One, some influential lawmakers in the United States Congress, such as Republican Senator Lindsey Graham or Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, have proposed that Trump arrest Beijing. it must “pay” with sanctions, such as removing Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturers from the United States supply chain, refusing to pay debts, and speeding up international investigations into the Beijing media campaign. …
But so far, Trump appears to have avoided direct confrontation with China over the controversy regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. United States government leaders have just inflicted sanctions on the World Health Organization (WHO) when they announced that they would stop sponsoring the WHO for 60-90 days to investigate the agency’s handling of the crisis.
Explaining the shocking decision of April 14, Trump blamed the WHO for its failure to respond to the pandemic, while accusing China’s largest health organization in the world “tolerant and biased.” Although the country only contributes to the agency about 40 million dollars a year, which is equivalent to 1/10 of the United States. A well-informed source told Politico magazine that Washington is even considering “sanctioning” WHO by creating a new agency.
The move has met opposition and criticism from many world leaders and international public opinion, at a time when President Trump is trying to push back the public opinion ax directed at his administration when the United States became the epicenter of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. Some analysts said that under mounting pressure this year, Trump will finally have to target China in the “battle of guilt.” And the announcement that he wanted to send investigators to China to learn about his outbreak on April 19 was just an “opening opportunity.”
According to the Washington Times, Trump confirmed that the US government. USA And intelligence agencies began investigating theories about the origin of the new strain of the coronavirus in Wuhan. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said: “This is not a political issue. This is a matter of science and epidemiology. We need to understand what happened, so that we can reduce the risk to Americans in the days, weeks and following months, and return the world economy to normal. “
Observers are still waiting to see how Trump will eventually lead the United States through the current crisis, as well as how he deals with China. The election of the White House leadership could have a great impact, not only on the future of the Covid-19 global pandemic but also on the important relationship between the two main economies in the world. .
Tuấn Anh
