US President Donald Trump said that if his rival Democrat candidate Joe Biden wins the upcoming presidential elections, China will take over the US and people will have to learn Chinese.
“They (Chinese authorities) will take over the U.S. if he (Biden) wins, and with me they had the worst year in 67 years, because I put a hell of a lot of duties on them … We got tens of billions of dollars from China, and it had a huge impact on China, a negative impact”, – Trump replied in an interview with American journalist Hugh Hewitt.
“If I don’t win the election, China will own the United States… You will have to learn to speak Chinese if you want to know the truth”, – Trump said.
Speaking of his relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Trump said the situation with the coronavirus has worsened.
“I had a very good relationship with Chairman Xi. I would even say better than just good. I’d say we had a very good relationship… But my relationship with him is no longer so good because of what they did to the Chinese virus”, – the U.S. president said.
The U.S. authorities earlier said that the U.S. side is considering versions of the new coronavirus in Wuhan’s laboratory and intends to establish its origin. The American president threatened China with consequences if it turns out that Beijing deliberately allowed the outbreak of COVID-19. Subsequently, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that the U.S. had evidence that China was hiding the situation with the coronavirus.
Chinese authorities have repeatedly stated that from the very beginning, they have taken an open and responsible position regarding the publication of data on the coronavirus epidemic.