(Observer Network News) On March 20, local time, Trump and the White House new coronavirus response team held a press conference. When faced with a question by a female Chinese journalist, Trump answered the question.
Phoenix TV reporter asks Trump.
Phoenix TV reporter Wang You again said at the press conference: "Mr. President, China has been communicating with the United States and the World Health Organization on the new coronavirus."
Trump agreed : "Yes, that's right. It is true." Wang
asked again: "The United States closed the border to travelers from China on February 2. Wuhan has been locked down since January 24. This all happened almost 2 months ago. Why do you still say that if you knew (things would be better)? Also, you have been calling the new coronavirus ("Chinese virus")."
Trump and his government officials have been groundlessly accusing "China's sharing of information about the epidemic is not open enough and transparent, which has delayed the US's epidemic prevention and control", claiming that "China could have notified the US earlier. It would be very helpful if the US knew it earlier."
Faced with reporters who set out the timeline and questioned with justification and evidence, Trump began to answer the wrong questions. He said, "I have to say it. We have, I can speak for myself", and he insisted that he "has a very good relationship with China and Chinese leaders." But Trump never answered questions from reporters. , Just claimed that "this time (the new crown pneumonia epidemic) is out of control. They are from China and it is out of control. Some people are frustrated," but they can't produce the slightest evidence.
Wang continued to ask "Mr. President, you have been calling the new coronavirus (Chinese virus)". Trump later chose to ignore it. Chinese netizens can clearly see
's obvious "sweeping pot":
Weibo screenshot
and this is not the first time Trump has been questioned by reporters why he put the "Chinese virus" on his lips. As early as the press conference on the 18th, some reporters questioned Trump: "Why do you always refer to the virus as a'Chinese virus'? According to reports, there have been dozens of incidents of discrimination against Chinese Americans in our country. Health Minister Hazard said that he did not use the word because ethnic identity is not the cause of the virus. Why do you keep using this word."
video screenshot
Trump defended, "because the virus comes from China." He claimed " This is not racism," but he keeps saying that "the virus comes from China."
You must know that the source of the virus has not yet been scientifically concluded. The reporter asked Trump whether it was appropriate to say this, but Trump has never answered positively. Recently, Trump was caught by a photojournalist from The Washington Post and deliberately crossed out the "new crown" virus marked in the speech and wrote the "China" virus. The picture of
is from social media
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