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'China caused great damage to US': Trump
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IANS | 06 Jul, 2020
Launching another scathing attack on China, US President Donald Trump on
Monday blamed China for causing "great damage" to the United States and
across the globe due to the coronavirus crisis.
"China has
caused great damage to the United States and the rest of the world!"
Trump tweeted, in an oblique reference to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing
the second 'Salute to America' on America's 244th Independence Day,
Trump had also said that the country was doing great until it got hit by
a virus that came from China.
"The power of tariffs being
imposed on foreign lands that took advantage of the United States for
decades enabled us to make great trade deals where there were none. Tens
of billions of dollars are now paid to the US treasury by the same
countries but then we got hit by the virus that came from China," Trump
had said while addressing the event.
He further said, "We're
producing gowns, masks, and surgical equipment...It was almost
exclusively made in foreign lands, in particular, China where ironically
this virus and others came from."
Earlier, the US President also
lashed out at China for the COVID-19 crisis, accusing Beijing of trying
to deflect the pain and carnage that the country spread throughout the
world.
In May, Trump had said that he was very disappointed with
China over its failure to contain the virus, saying the worldwide
pandemic cast a pall over his US-China trade deal.
Trump has been
targeting China for spreading the virus. Earlier, the US President was
asked at a press conference if he had seen evidence that gave him a
"high degree of confidence" that the virus came from the Wuhan Institute
of Virology, and replied that he had, although he declined to give
specifics.
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