President Trump And Beijing In A War Of Words Over The 'Chinese Virus'

Daily Mail: 'It DID come from China!' Donald Trump lashes out at Beijing for telling him not to call coronavirus 'Chinese virus' and says it's them who are smearing the U.S. military as the 'source' of pandemic

* Donald Trump said Tuesday that he thinks calling coronavirus the 'Chinese virus' is appropriate because the disease originated in Wuhan, China
* Trump said that 'rather than having an argument,' about where it originated, he would 'have to call it where it came from'
* 'It did come from China. So I think it's a very accurate term,' he said
* Chinese officials are floating the conspiracy that those in the U.S. Army brought coronavirus to China during the Military World Games in Wuhan in October 2019
* When asked about the stigma around calling it the 'Chinese virus,' Trump said the real 'stigma is 'saying that our military gave it to them'
* Trump referred to the coronavirus as 'the Chinese Virus' on Monday
* Beijing condemned Washington of linking the coronavirus with China on Tuesday
* After the comments from China, Trump doubled down, tweeting the term again Tuesday morning
* China and the U.S. have blamed each other as the alleged origin of the disease
* Escalating tensions have seen the Chinese ambassador to the U.S. summoned to the State Department and Mike Pompeo angrily call his Beijing counterpart

Donald Trump said Tuesday that he doesn't think it's inappropriate to call coronavirus the 'Chinese virus' because that's where the disease originated.

The president said during a press briefing Tuesday afternoon that he only started referring to the virus in that way after Beijing blamed the U.S. military for brining coronavirus to China.

'Well China was putting out information, which was false, that our military gave this to them. That was false,' Trump asserted in remarks to the press. 'And rather than having an argument, I said I have to call it where it came from. It did come from China.'

Read more ....

WNU Editor: What did the Chinese government expect after accusing the US Army for being responsible for the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic, and condemning President Trump's tweets on the "Chinese virus". That he would be quiet. Of course not. President Trump always "double-down". And as for the "Chinese virus". I the beginning this was called the "Wuhan virus", a term that this blogger used until the WHO changed it to Covid-19.

More News On President Trump And Beijing Waging A War Of Words Over The 'Chinese Virus'

Trump angers Beijing with 'Chinese virus' tweet (BBC)
US, China trade barbs over coronavirus pandemic (Al Jazeera)
Trump tweets about coronavirus using term 'Chinese Virus' (NBC)
Trump defends use of phrase 'China virus,' despite demands from China to stop (FOX News)

from War News Updates https://ift.tt/2TW5Fui