Trump Blames China For Acting Too Late In Coordinating U.S. Coronavirus Response

[denem]

WASHINGTON—Lambasting the rival superpower for what he called “reckless” and “irresponsible” behavior, President Donald Trump publicly blamed China Monday for acting too late in coordinating the U.S. Covid-19 response.

“China knew our nation was facing a deadly threat as early as January, and yet they did nothing to develop a plan we could use to slow the spread of the virus,” said Trump, noting thousands of American lives could have been saved if Chinese president Xi Jinping had only taken the threat seriously from the start and implemented a strategy to reduce the negative impact on the U.S. economy.

“The Chinese government just kept waiting and waiting, sitting on their hands as the outbreak spread through the U.S. rather than leading our nation in the way it so desperately needed. States shouldn’t be left out to dry, putting together piecemeal pandemic responses. What else is a strong Communist Party for? And now they’re trying to cover it up, claiming the U.S. isn’t their responsibility.”

At press time, Trump added the administration had obtained new intelligence suggesting the Chinese government had engineered coronavirus in a lab in Washington.

https://www.theonion.com/trump-blames-china-for-acting-too-late-in-coordinating-1843243502

[Walleye]

1. So, trump was conned?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. He believed China & WHO, rejected US Intell, then turned on China & WHO. Can't have it both ways. nt

[JDC]

2. Lol

[bullimiami]

4. china dont care what he says. they took care of their own 1.5 BILLION people.

were they supposed to take care of ours too?

[struggle4progress]

5. "It's a hoax! And the Chinese are responsible for not planning our response better! But our response

has been such an incredible success, we can re-open the economy now! People are saying the death toll is a perfect 3000 per day"

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. The whole notion is based on idea that the world infected itself to break US economy & defeat tRump

That is a monumental delusion of grandeur that could only come from an extremely self-centered sociopath.

He thinks they did it because he knows he would do it if positions were reversed.

Look at how he is encouraging defiance of laws and mass infections just so he can roll the dice on the economy for the Greed Over People politicians, among which he is the greediest and the leader.

[uponit7771]

7. Next Trump will blame Clinton's emails

[EndlessWire]

8. Wut?

"At press time, Trump added the administration had obtained new intelligence suggesting the Chinese government had engineered coronavirus in a lab in Washington."

What does this even mean?

If Trump weren't such a liar, maybe we would consider if we ourselves had engineered it. But, he IS a liar: every word out of his mouth. This is just a redo of his first election's object of hatred, the Muslims, only this time it is China.

There is a formula for this, where you create an enemy so people will unite against that common enemy. Unfortunately for Trump, we are educated by now, and we all recognize the enemy as being TRUMP.

Recent revelations have stated that it was Trump himself that ignored the virus warnings, so that won't work for him, either.

All you have to know about Trump is that his regime stole PPEs that our hospital workers desperately need even now. What else is there to say? What a prick...

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9. It's The Onion

Reality is so close to satire, there’s not a lot to dispute.