Reuters: Exclusive: Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November.
In an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump talked tough on China and said he was looking at different options in terms of consequences for Beijing over the virus. “I can do a lot,” he said.
Trump has been heaping blame on China for a global pandemic that has killed at least 60,000 people in the United States according to a Reuters tally, and thrown the U.S. economy into a deep recession, putting in jeopardy his hopes for another four-year term.
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Update #1: Coronavirus: Trump says China wants him to lose re-election -- Reuters
Update #2: Trump says China will 'do anything' to have him lose in 2020 -- FOX News
WNU Editor: China has been meddling in the internal affairs of other countries forever .... China Says It Has No Interest in Meddling in U.S. Election (NYT). In regards to President Trump, Beijing definitely see him as an existential threat to their rule and are banking on the Democrats and a President Biden to remove tariffs and restrictions on Chinese imports. They are going to do everything in their power to make sure he is defeated in November. China, to the surprise of no one, is denying these claims (see above video).
