WASHINGTON, April 30 ― President Donald Trump said yesterday he believes China's handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November. In an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump said he was looking at...
In an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump said he was looking at different options in terms of consequences for China over the virus. — Reuters pic
In an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump said he was looking at different options in terms of consequences for China over the virus. “I can do a lot,” he said. The Republican president, often accused of not acting early enough to prepare the United States for the spread of the virus, said he believed China should have been more active in letting the world know about the coronavirus much sooner.
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