President Trump: Coronavirus ‘under control’ in U.S.
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 11:42 AM PT — Tuesday, February 25, 2020
President Trump recently assured the coronavirus is “under control” in the U.S. During a press conference Tuesday, he said he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Beijing is working “very hard” to deal with the outbreak.
The president also said China had a rough patch, but is getting the epidemic “more and more under control.” He vowed to help other nations that are unprepared to handle an outbreak and revealed the administration has requested $2.5 billion from Congress to help fight the disease.
“We’re working very hard, we’re spending a tremendous amount of money also,” he stated. “We just asked for two and a half billion dollars on getting everything ready, just in case something should happen and also helping other nations that really aren’t equipped to do it.”
According to CDC data, 14 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the U.S. so far.
Meanwhile, President Trump took time to slam Senate Minority Chuck Schumer as “incompetent” after the senator criticized his request for funding to help stem the coronavirus. In a tweet Tuesday, the president taunted Schumer after the he claimed the administration should be asking for more money.
Cryin’ Chuck Schumer is complaining, for publicity purposes only, that I should be asking for more money than $2.5 Billion to prepare for Coronavirus. If I asked for more he would say it is too much. He didn’t like my early travel closings. I was right. He is incompetent!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2020
President Trump said Schumer is complaining for “publicity purposes only.” This comes after the minority leader claimed the funding request was “too little too late” on Monday.