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Donald Trump drops ‘Chinese virus’ terminology in White House briefing, calls for protecting Asian-Americans
South China Morning Post ^ | 03/23/2020 | Robert Delaney and Owen Churchill

Posted on 03/23/2020 8:33:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

US President Donald Trump on Monday dropped his use of the term “Chinese virus” for the coronavirus that has been spreading worldwide and called for the protection of Asian-Americans.

“It’s very important that we totally protect our Asian-American community in the United States and all around the world,” Trump said at a White House briefing.

“They’re amazing people and the spreading of the virus is not their fault in any way shape or form,” he said. “They’re working closely with us to get rid of it. We will prevail together. It’s very important.”

Asked in the briefing why he stopped using the term, Trump cited a rise in “nasty language” being used against Asian Americans and seemed to suggest that blaming China for the pandemic that has caused more that 16,000 deaths globally is wrong.

“It seems that there could be really nasty language toward the Asian-Americans in our country and I don't like that at all,” the US leader said.

“These are incredible people they love our country and I'm not gonna let it happen so I just wanted to make that point, because they're blaming China, people are blaming China, and they are making statements to great American citizens that happen to be of Asian heritage, and I'm not going to let that happen,” he said.

The shift in tone was abrupt, and characterised what was the least combative briefing Trump has had with the media since he began leading them earlier this month. Just three days ago, for example, Trump said: “The world is paying a very big price for what [China] did ... If people would have known about it … it could have been stopped right where it came from: China.”

(Excerpt) Read more at scmp.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; coronavirus; covid19; trump
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1 posted on 03/23/2020 8:33:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Well I’m going to continue to call it the Chinese bio-weapon if it’s all the same to you, Mr. President.


2 posted on 03/23/2020 8:34:58 PM PDT by chris37 (Coronavirus wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wouldn’t it be cultural appropriation to call the virus anything other than Chinese?


3 posted on 03/23/2020 8:41:56 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks like nothing’s gonna change with this Godless communist country. There needs to be a thorough investigation of the origins of this virus to determine if its release was intentional. If so they need to be punished.


4 posted on 03/23/2020 8:42:34 PM PDT by gawatchman
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To: SeekAndFind

The Chinese stopped saying the US Army caused it and have put forth language acceptable to the president. President Trump won another deal.


5 posted on 03/23/2020 8:43:26 PM PDT by Cold Heart (.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump was very clear. He was talking about threats to Asian-Americans. I didn’t get the impression that he was letting up on China.


6 posted on 03/23/2020 8:43:37 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (It's official! I'm nominated for the 2020 Mr. Hyperbole and Sarcasm Award.)
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To: chris37

Communist Chinese Coronavirus Pandemic works for me!


7 posted on 03/23/2020 8:46:00 PM PDT by Taxman ((We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS!))
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To: SeekAndFind

IF the Chicoms reports are true, and if their factories are humming, it won’t be long until Americans see their relative prosperity and freedom of movement while we languish shutdowns and lockdowns....all over the sniffles.

Then watch TSHTF.


8 posted on 03/23/2020 8:46:03 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

No one’s blaming Asian-Americans - a category which consists not only of Chinese-Americans but also Americans of Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai and Filipino extraction (to say nothing of Indian-Americans - Asia is a big pace). The blame rests squarely on the PRC government, which refuses to crack down on the primitive, backward wet markets which operate freely in China and which are the source of multiple diseases. The Chinese Communist government needs to be held accountable and not allowed to escape in a cloud of political correctness like an octopus releasing ink.


9 posted on 03/23/2020 8:46:04 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: SeekAndFind

I am sure there will be a time for holding the CCP accountable down the road.


10 posted on 03/23/2020 8:47:09 PM PDT by MagillaX
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To: SeekAndFind

Pray for the people of Captive China.


11 posted on 03/23/2020 8:47:23 PM PDT by gasport (Pray for the people of Captive China)
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RE: No one’s blaming Asian-Americans - a category which consists not only of Chinese-Americans but also Americans of Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai and Filipino extraction (to say nothing of Indian-Americans - Asia is a big pace)

The vast majority of Americans are not racists. But unfortunately, there have been nasty racial incidents here in NYC and in other states because of this virus.

SEE HERE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljIuWWLHNlA


12 posted on 03/23/2020 8:50:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

I'll stick to Hong Kong Fluey, just to tweak the DNC/Chicom presstitutes.

13 posted on 03/23/2020 8:52:35 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: SeekAndFind

I like to call it Wuhan virus. It gets the point across more subtlely.


14 posted on 03/23/2020 8:53:02 PM PDT by nbenyo
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But, but, blacks CAN’T be racists!

Step up media...you called it the CHINESE WUHAN VIRUS liars!

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/media-says-calling-covid-19-wuhan-is-racist-so-heres-a-montage-of-media-calling-covid-19-the-wuhan/


15 posted on 03/23/2020 8:56:41 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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I like to call it Wuhan virus. It gets the point across more subtlely.

It's also completely appropriate and in keeping with the naming practices of previous viruses. West Nile virus, Ebola virus, Zika virus - all named after locations in Africa where each virus first emerged. The London flu of the early '70s which took over 1000 lives in the US, the Spanish flu of the early 1900s - Communist China does not get a pass on this, especially when their duplicity helped turn this disease into a world-wide pandemic.
16 posted on 03/23/2020 9:23:32 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Cold Heart

“The Chinese stopped saying the US Army caused it and have put forth language acceptable to the president. President Trump won another deal.”

I think you nailed it. Trump is a counter puncher. Seldom does he start a fight, but he usually finishes it...and then, like a good sport, gives you a hug.


17 posted on 03/23/2020 9:30:10 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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To: SeekAndFind

He kow-towed to the media and to the Chi Coms? What is happening here? Another coup? Who is controlling Trump?


18 posted on 03/23/2020 9:30:37 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitznd)
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To: SeekAndFind

Did it seem like Debra bird was contemptuous of the prez?


19 posted on 03/23/2020 9:30:56 PM PDT by stanne
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To: SeekAndFind

Lefties want people to believe that Chinese people are getting physically attacked every day. What losers. They are incorrigibly demented.


20 posted on 03/23/2020 9:31:52 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around. God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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