Trump Denounces China’s COVID-19 ‘Lies’ In Fiery UN Address After Xi Swiped At US “Bully Of The World” | Zero Hedge

 

Amid Trump’s latest Huawei sanctions and his controversially taking aim at WeChat and TikTok for “security threats” posed by the Chinese apps, also as Washington becomes isolated in the UN over its push to impose snapback sanctions on Iran, Chinese President Xi Jinping has gone on the offensive in new comments Tuesday, saying America acts as if it’s “the boss of the world”. In his UN address Xi urged we should oppose protectionism and insist on openness and benefit-for-all. President Xi said during his remarks following Trump: “Pursuing protectionism is like locking oneself in a dark room. While wind and rain may be kept outside, that dark room will also block light and air.”

 

Trump came out swinging more directly at Beijing in his speech which wrapped up, calling on the international body to “hold China accountable for their actions” over the still globally raging coronavirus pandemic.

 

Trump said China’s COVID-19 deceptions included “allowing flights to leave China and infect the world…”. He added that “China condemned my travel ban on their country even as they canceled domestic flights and locked citizens in their homes.”

 

“The Chinese government, and the World Health Organization – which is virtually controlled by China – falsely declared that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission,” Trump said further.

 

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