Trump Says China May Be ‘Knowingly Responsible’ for Virus

  • Republicans are focused on blaming China for deadly Covid-19
  • President praised Chinese leadership in January, February

Donald Trump listens during a news conference at the White House in Washington D.C., U.S. on April 18.

Photographer: Tasos Katopodis/UPI/Bloomberg

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President Donald Trump raised the prospect that China deliberately caused the Covid-19 outbreak that’s killed over 39,000 Americans and said there should be consequences if the country is found to be “knowingly responsible.”

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