Trump suggests China may be ‘knowingly responsible’ for virus
“Our relationship with China was good until they did this,” Mr. Trump said Saturday.
“The question was asked, ‘Would you be angry at China?’ Well, the answer might very well be a very resounding yes, but it depends: Was it a mistake that got out of control, or was it done deliberately?”
“There’s a big difference between those two,” he said.
The current scientific, intelligence, and public health consensus is that the cause of the outbreak was neither an accident nor a choice.
The outbreak was not from a lab and the virus is not a human creation.
It's a natural virus that jumped from some animal or other, probably from bats to humans, and probably at a wet market in Wuhan.
As so often, Trump is just shoveling bullshit, as are his lying Republican supporters, and the usual fools believe him but even more liars pretend to believe him.
When his intelligence agencies unanimously said Russia interfered extensively in the 2016 elections he lied he didn't believe them and Russia was innocent.
When everybody with an ounce of relevant expertise including his intelligence agencies says it's a natural virus that got to humans neither in a lab accident nor in a deliberate poisoning of humanity he again lies he doesn't believe them and China screwed up or deliberately poisoned the world.
But look at this about 77% of Americans blaming China for the virus and more than half agreeing China should be forced to pay some sort of reparations for its impact.
He and the GOP are taking advantage of this for campaign purposes and to avoid their own fair share of blame.
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