Posted on 04/28/2020 3:49:10 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump suggested he may seek damages from China over the coronavirus pandemic which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread around the world, prompting a furious response from Beijing on Tuesday.
"We are not happy with China," Trump said at a White House briefing Monday. "We are not happy with that whole situation because we believe it could have been stopped at the source.
In Beijing, a foreign ministry spokesman on Tuesday accused US politicians of "telling barefaced lies", without naming Trump specifically, and of ignoring their "own serious problems".
"American politicians have repeatedly ignored the truth and have been telling barefaced lies," Geng Shuang told reporters at a regular press briefing.
"They have only one objective: shirk their responsibility for their own poor epidemic prevention and control measures, and divert public attention."
Geng said US politicians should "reflect on their own problems and find ways to contain the outbreak as quickly as possible."
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Between now and November, there's nothing that they won't stoop to, nothing.
NOTHING that they won't do, if they think they can get away with it.
And they (obviously) have the media on their side.
China made a mega mistake with the virus problem they let countries know how weak they are to depend on China’s manufacturing system.
Blackmail is a deadly game for them.
Bought a volt meter, plugged it into a 110v outlet and it blew up right in my face - just to reinforce the lesson I should have learned from the wrench, I suppose.
And of course, the same kinds of hsit are for sale at all kinds of box stores and web sites everywhere. You hear the commercials on the radio...
Look at the box or label or tag, if it doesn't say "Made in [anywhere on this planet other than China], then guess what?
Take nothing for granted.
The other side is one giant fraud machine when it comes to the vote.
If we owe them any money, as in trade imbalances, it shouldn’t be too hard to seek (& get) reparations. Anything we can get needs to go to making up for our losses during this pandemic. That shouldn’t include losses some states will incur as a result of unfunded pension liabilities.
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