Donald Trump has been keeping up the "blame game" with China. Earlier this month, his tone reportedly changed when he started to blame the Asian country for the novel coronavirus that has now affected more than 200 countries.
As pointed out, the United States President used to praise and commend China and its leader, Xi Jinping, since the start of the year. It was said that he always centered his earlier speeches and addresses on China's response toward the pandemic crisis, and even assured the public that they were doing very best effort to contain the virus.
According to CNN, Donald Trump continued the praise until as late as the first of April. Aside from "applauding" the reported efforts of the Asian country, it was also noted that the US President had been touting his "good relationship" with its leader, President Xi Jinping.
However, this all turned down south after the first week of April. It became a surprise to everyone when he reportedly blasted the World Health Organization for being "China-centric."
As stated, Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the organization for failing to "assess" the situation, and call out the Asian country for its "lack of transparency." He has also continued to insinuate that China has not been transparent with everything related to COVID-19.
The same publication also released a report stating that the US President recently claimed that the pandemic crisis "should have never happened," in the first place. He reportedly added that "everyone knows it," but it just does not get reported.
He then went on to share that the reasons behind this will be revealed soon. In the end, though, all of his recent addresses and statements have appeared to pass the blame on China.
In a report released by CNBC, it was said that amid Donald Trump's efforts to blame the country, China has recently responded with the same dynamic. As shared, "China has fired back."
It was released that the country's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian has suggested that the United States military is probably the cause of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. He also went on to ask for the United States' transparency over its data on the pandemic crisis.
The spokesperson also reportedly added that the US's data should be made public. He then said that the US owes China an explanation.
While the "blame game" has continued between the two countries, several officials and experts are certain that this has caused a lot of "setbacks" in the world's current war with COVID-19.
