According to Donald Trump, China does not want him to be re-elected president of the United States
Beijing is said to have made Joe Biden its favorite for the next US presidential election, the president said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday.
Donald Trump said on Wednesday April 29, 2020 that he believed that China's management of the new coronavirus epidemic was proof that Beijing "will do everything in its power" to defeat its campaign for a re-election to the presidency of the United States next November.
In an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office, Donald Trump said he is exploring options for China to bear the brunt of its actions that caused the health crisis. "I can do a lot of things," he said.
The US economy affected by the coronavirus
White House chief has stepped up criticism of China over the past few weeks, blaming it for the epidemic that killed at least 60,000 people in the United States, according to a Reuters count, and plunged the economy American in a deep recession, casting a shadow over Trump's hopes for a second term.
He appeared nostalgic for the solidity of the economy that he regularly praised before the health crisis, which caused the closure of shops and businesses and led to the explosion of jobless claims. "We had the strongest economy in history," said the President.
Donald Trump, often accused of failing to act early enough to prepare the United States to deal with the spread of the coronavirus, said he believed that China should have acted to alert the international community much earlier to the dangers of the coronavirus.
Asked about the possibility of using tariffs or other economic tools against China, he did not want to go into details. "There are a lot of things I can do," he said. "We are studying what happened," he added.
Trump accuses Beijing of favoring Joe Biden
The Republican president said Beijing wanted rival Democrat Joe Biden to win the presidential election to ease the pressure Trump says he has placed on China over trade and other issues.
He said China would do "everything it can to make me lose" the November 3 poll.
Donald Trump also added that he did not consider the presidential election as a referendum on his management of the health crisis.
In the eyes of the President, Chinese officials constantly use public relations "to try to give the appearance" that they are innocent.
A senior US administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Wednesday that an informal "truce" agreed to by Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in late March over the war of words between Washington and Beijing about the epidemic, seemed to be over.
The two leaders had promised that their governments would do their utmost to cooperate in order to stem the spread of the coronavirus. But in recent days, Washington and Beijing have intensified their mutual accusations on the origins of the virus and the fight against the epidemic.
Donald Trump and his main advisers, however, took care not to criticize Xi Jinping, whom the American president has repeatedly called "friend".
Trump under pressure from health crisis
Donald Trump's management of the health crisis is under close scrutiny. A poll by Reuters / Ipsos earlier this week shows that less than half of Americans polled say they approve of its management of the fight against the epidemic.
Good news has come to the President, however, with preliminary data suggesting that the experimental antiviral remdesivir from Gilead Sciences helps speed healing for patients with COVID-19. Donald Trump has also sought to accelerate the development of a vaccine. "I think things are going really well," he said in an interview with Reuters.
Beijing is said to have made Joe Biden its favorite for the next US presidential election, the president said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday.
Donald Trump said on Wednesday April 29, 2020 that he believed that China's management of the new coronavirus epidemic was proof that Beijing "will do everything in its power" to defeat its campaign for a re-election to the presidency of the United States next November.
In an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office, Donald Trump said he is exploring options for China to bear the brunt of its actions that caused the health crisis. "I can do a lot of things," he said.
The US economy affected by the coronavirus
White House chief has stepped up criticism of China over the past few weeks, blaming it for the epidemic that killed at least 60,000 people in the United States, according to a Reuters count, and plunged the economy American in a deep recession, casting a shadow over Trump's hopes for a second term.
He appeared nostalgic for the solidity of the economy that he regularly praised before the health crisis, which caused the closure of shops and businesses and led to the explosion of jobless claims. "We had the strongest economy in history," said the President.
Donald Trump, often accused of failing to act early enough to prepare the United States to deal with the spread of the coronavirus, said he believed that China should have acted to alert the international community much earlier to the dangers of the coronavirus.
Asked about the possibility of using tariffs or other economic tools against China, he did not want to go into details. "There are a lot of things I can do," he said. "We are studying what happened," he added.
Trump accuses Beijing of favoring Joe Biden
The Republican president said Beijing wanted rival Democrat Joe Biden to win the presidential election to ease the pressure Trump says he has placed on China over trade and other issues.
He said China would do "everything it can to make me lose" the November 3 poll.
Donald Trump also added that he did not consider the presidential election as a referendum on his management of the health crisis.
In the eyes of the President, Chinese officials constantly use public relations "to try to give the appearance" that they are innocent.
A senior US administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Wednesday that an informal "truce" agreed to by Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in late March over the war of words between Washington and Beijing about the epidemic, seemed to be over.
The two leaders had promised that their governments would do their utmost to cooperate in order to stem the spread of the coronavirus. But in recent days, Washington and Beijing have intensified their mutual accusations on the origins of the virus and the fight against the epidemic.
Donald Trump and his main advisers, however, took care not to criticize Xi Jinping, whom the American president has repeatedly called "friend".
Trump under pressure from health crisis
Donald Trump's management of the health crisis is under close scrutiny. A poll by Reuters / Ipsos earlier this week shows that less than half of Americans polled say they approve of its management of the fight against the epidemic.
Good news has come to the President, however, with preliminary data suggesting that the experimental antiviral remdesivir from Gilead Sciences helps speed healing for patients with COVID-19. Donald Trump has also sought to accelerate the development of a vaccine. "I think things are going really well," he said in an interview with Reuters.
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