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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump again defends use of the term 'China virus'
President Donald Trump was pressed for the second straight day on why he is calling the coronavirus the "Chinese virus," amid instances of bigotry against Asian Americans.
He claimed that he is using the term because China tried to blame the virus on US soldiers.
" 'Cause it comes from China. It's not racist at all, no, not at all. It comes from China, that's why. I want to be accurate," Trump said on Wednesday.
Pressed again, he said: "I have great love for all of the people from our country, but as you know China tried to say at one point ... that it was caused by American soldiers. That can't happen. It's not gonna happen, not as long as I'm President. It comes from China."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-again-defends-use-of-the-term-china-virus/ar-BB11k3Sf?li=BBnbcA1
Because his racist sycophants eat that shit up.
spanone
(135,873 posts)not this fuck.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)is ever to be trusted. Both are liars.
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)walkingman
(7,660 posts)tulipsandroses
(5,127 posts)followers something to cheer for. So why not make Chinese people the enemy in this story so people don't talk about his gross negligence and incompetence. He can't bullshit his way out of this one. You can't give a nickname to a virus wiping out lives and the economy and think you are achieving something. The virus is not going to bend to your will like the other people you gave nicknames like Lyin Ted and Little Marco
Crunchy Frog
(26,630 posts)Tanuki
(14,920 posts)that he desecrates on a daily basis, calling Covid-19 "the China virus" sounds incredibly ignorant and uninformed about the most pressing issue of the day. Nobody with any credibility or understanding of the science involved would call it that. It also sounds as if he thinks that Covid-19 is the only virus ever to have originated in China.
Volaris
(10,274 posts)Christ on the bloody tree, what a complete numpty he is.
How many points did this presser cost the dow today?!