An angry China blasted president Donald Trump and his administration before the United Nations, declaring "Enough is enough!" at what it says are the lies being spread by the Americans.
Its angry tirade came in response to president Donald Trump's vicious attack Tuesday in a recorded message played before the United Nations General Assembly as the transnational organization celebrates its 75th founding anniversary.
In his speech, Trump condemned China for originating COVID-19 and keeping the world in the dark about the true nature of this new disease. He again referred to COVID-19 as the "China virus."
"The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions," said Trump.
He again demanded the international community join him in investigating China's actions, which he said are the direct cause of the suffering inflicted on the world.
Trump has long blamed China for mishandling the pandemic to deflect blame away from his own botched mismanagement of America's response to the pandemic. On Tuesday, the same day Trump made his UN speech, the U.S. under Trump's watch became the first and only country in the world to report 200,000 COVID-19-related deaths. The U.S. has both the largest number of coronavirus deaths and confirmed cases (7.1 million) in the world.
China's retort to Trump's allegations was delivered by an outraged Zhang Jun, its Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
"I must say, enough is enough!" roared a visibly angry Zhang at the Security Council. "You have created enough troubles for the world already."
Zhang pointed out the U.S. "has nearly seven million confirmed cases and over 200,000 deaths by now. With the most advanced medical technologies and system in the world, why has the US turned out to have the most confirmed cases and fatalities?"
"If someone should be held accountable, it should be a few US politicians themselves," in an indirect attack on Trump.
Trump has long been accused by American medical professionals and his critics for doing practically nothing to stem the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. so as not to damage his re-election chances in November.
Zhang said, "The U.S. should understand that a major power should behave like a major power," in an attack on Trump's perceived immaturity, both as a person and world leader. He declared "is completely isolated" for its refusal to work with the world in developing a new vaccine.
