Trump brushes aside report that White House staffer used term 'kung flu' to refer to coronavirus

Washington Examiner ^ | March 18, 2020 | Dominick Mastrangelo

[kevcol]

"A person at the White House used the term 'kung flu.' My question is: Do you think that's wrong?" Alcindor asked again.

"No, not at all. Not at all," Trump said, adding that Asian Americans "probably would agree with it 100%. It comes from China. There’s nothing not to agree with."

[xp38]

It would have been great if he had worked in patience Grasshopper as part of his answer.

[mass55th]

"She obviously hated David Carradine."

And "Hong Kong Phooey," and "Charlie Chan."

[353FMG]

Yellow Plague.

[Williams]

I have a question. Why when I look her up do liberal internet services label her a “Chinese Journalist”?

She works for CBS not China.

Case Friggin Closed.

[LeonardFMason]

He should have moved directly on to next questioner and said “Does someone have a serious question?”

[1Old Pro]

She’s a whiny Leftwong activist.

[Robert DeLong]

I like that name. 7>(

[Robert DeLong]

I like that name. 8>)

[zeugma]

Suggested response next time some moron reporter asks a similar question: "You know, it's great that we've got everything so much under control here now that you people in the press feel that you can return to your petty partisan identity politics"

[A Voice]

“Why is it socialists and communists have no sense of humor?”

Because they’re anal retentive?

[bramps]

What would Archie Bunker call it?

[bramps]

What would Archie Bunker call it?

[Dexter Morgan]

I watched the press conference and the black reporter refused to give the name of the staffer who used “Kung Flu”. Weijia Jiang also would not name the staffer and the tweet appears to have been deleted now.

Liars.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Kung flu? Now, that’s funny!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Phuck Yu?

[ConservativeStatement]

What a selfish snowflake.

[IronJack]

People dying of this plague, and all the “press” can do is invent some phony grievance over what to call it?

[Eleutheria5]

Sneezing them up,
Coughing them down...

[SamuraiScot]

they should just stop talking to the media.

Maybe. But the world would have been cheated of Trump's game-stopping reply. A classic example of how to handle phonies.

[Eleutheria5]

“too young to recall the Hong Kong Flu or the Asian Flus of some time ago”

I was in second grade, I think. Her father wasn’t even a gleam in her grandfather’s eye.