Trump has once again stepped up his anti-Chinese rhetoric after consistently using the phrase ‘China virus’.
to the rest of the world. The President of the United States tweeted Thursday: ‘All over the World the CoronaVirus, a very bad “gift” from China, marches on. Not good!’
But in recent days, Trump has again stepped up his anti-Chinese rhetoric, and used the phrase ‘China virus’ to describe the killer disease earlier this week. He will hold a press conference on China on Friday, with that announcement prompting a plunge in US stocks amid fears of possible economic sanctions.President Trump made his latest attack on China hours after acknowledging the number of American lives lost to coronavirus.
US intelligence services are continuing to investigate the source of the virus, amid unconfirmed claims it may have accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which was partly-funded by the United States, and sparked concerns over lax safety protocols in 2018.
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