Trump Threatens China with a “Big Price” for Covid

by Mike ‘Mish’ Shedlock
The Street

Trump again blames China for unleashing Covid on the world. VP Pence did the same.

“Big Price”

Beijing will “Pay a Big Price for What They’ve Done to the World.”

“It wasn’t your fault that this happened, it was China’s fault,” Trump said in a video from the White House Wednesday, in which he touted his own recovery from the virus that has infected multiple top administration officials, and touted a supposed cure. “China’s going to pay a big price what they’ve done to this country.”

Trump’s promises to make China “pay” is more likely a reference to pushing Beijing on trade, a key focus of his administration, but even there, it is not clear that continued aggression will pay off, with both countries hurting from the ongoing trade war and China becoming increasingly intransigent after months of stalled negotiations.

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