Trump lashes out at President Xi over bombshell report blaming China and WHO for coronavirus ‘cover up’

PRESIDENT Donald Trump said he gets angry whenever he speaks about Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his failure to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump‘s comments on Monday were in response to a New York Post report on findings from the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been prevented if Beijing was transparent about the severity of the outbreak.

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President Trump said on Monday that he expresses anger whenever he speaks about Chinese leader Xi Jinping[/caption]

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Trump claimed that China ‘could have easily stopped’ the spread of the coronavirus pandemic[/caption]

“I say it every time I speak. And I’m angry at him because they could have stopped this, they could have stopped it easily,” Trump said on Fox & Friends, referring to the Chinese president.

He added: “They stopped it from going back further into their country. But they didn’t stop it from going out to the rest of the world, of which we’re a part.

“They didn’t stop it from coming here, in Europe and all over the world – 188 countries to be exact. They did not stop it. Countries are devastated,” the president added.”

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‘They stopped it from going back further into their country. But they didn’t stop it from going out to the rest of the world,’ Trump said on Fox & Friends[/caption]

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A report from the House Foreign Affairs Committee found that China destroyed evidence and concealed public health information[/caption]

The 96-page report obtained by the Post found that China destroyed evidence and concealed public health information.

The Chinese government suppressed doctors and journalists who tried to sound the alarm on the pandemic after the first cases were reported in Wuhan back in December, according to the report.

The committee also accused the World Health Organization of “parroting” Beijing propaganda.

The president was also asked about a Reuters report of a video released on Sunday by the Chinese air force showing nuclear-equipped bombers launching an attack on a US Air Force base in Guam.

The clip was shared on the People’s Liberation Army Air Force Twitter account as China continued with a second day of military drills near Taiwan.

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Trump said China has ‘got some big problems if they play around’[/caption]

Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade asked Trump how he would counter the threat from China, to which the president responded the country knows it has “big problems.”

“Well, I won’t be telling you that. They know they’ve got some big problems, OK, if they play around. If they want to play the game, they’ve got a big problem,” Trump said.

“You’ll just have to follow that one on the news, Brian, but you’ll be the first to get there and you’ll probably be the first to know,” he added.