China Wants Me To Lose Re-Election In November – Donald Trump

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said 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.

The Republican president, often accused of not acting early enough to prepare the United States for the outbreak, said he believed China should have been more active in letting the world know about the coronavirus much sooner.

“China will do anything they can to have me lose this race,” Trump said in an exclusive interview with Reuters news agency at the White House.

For weeks, Trump has been heaping blame on China for a global pandemic that has killed people nearly 61,000 people in the US according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and thrown the economy into a deep recession undermining his campaign for a second four-year term.

On Tuesday, he had said he wants to conduct “serious investigations” into China’s handling of the pandemic.

“We’re doing very serious investigations … We are not happy with China,” Trump said. “There are a lot of ways you can hold them accountable.”

Trump said he was looking at different options in terms of consequences for China over the virus, also known as COVID-19.

“I can do a lot,” he said.

The President further stated there will be great consequences if China is deliberately responsible for the virus.