Trump again defends use of the term 'China virus'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Donald Trump was pressed for the second straight day on why he is calling the coronavirus the "Chinese virus," amid instances of bigotry against Asian Americans.

He claimed that he is using the term because China tried to blame the virus on US soldiers.

" 'Cause it comes from China. It's not racist at all, no, not at all. It comes from China, that's why. I want to be accurate," Trump said on Wednesday.

Pressed again, he said: "I have great love for all of the people from our country, but as you know China tried to say at one point ... that it was caused by American soldiers. That can't happen. It's not gonna happen, not as long as I'm President. It comes from China."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-again-defends-use-of-the-term-china-virus/ar-BB11k3Sf?li=BBnbcA1

Because his racist sycophants eat that shit up.

[spanone]

1. ANY president would err on the side of not offending anyone.

not this fuck.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. tRump never wants to be "accurate" except when he is buttressing a lie. . . . nt

[redstateblues]

3. I don't trust anything Trump says, but I also don't think the Chinese government

is ever to be trusted. Both are liars.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. and a WOMAN had the nerve to question him about it today. He hates that shit. nt

[walkingman]

5. Trump and his white evangelical supporters are all about racism and proud of it.

[tulipsandroses]

6. Gee I thought it was the democratic hoax? He has to have an enemy. To give his dumbass

followers something to cheer for. So why not make Chinese people the enemy in this story so people don't talk about his gross negligence and incompetence. He can't bullshit his way out of this one. You can't give a nickname to a virus wiping out lives and the economy and think you are achieving something. The virus is not going to bend to your will like the other people you gave nicknames like Lyin Ted and Little Marco

[Crunchy Frog]

7. The Trump virus.

[Tanuki]

8. Aside from being so appallingly racist that it should disqualify him from the office

that he desecrates on a daily basis, calling Covid-19 "the China virus" sounds incredibly ignorant and uninformed about the most pressing issue of the day. Nobody with any credibility or understanding of the science involved would call it that. It also sounds as if he thinks that Covid-19 is the only virus ever to have originated in China.

[Volaris]

9. Motherfucker if you have to SAY it's not rascist, its probably racist!

Christ on the bloody tree, what a complete numpty he is.

How many points did this presser cost the dow today?!