Trump says coronavirus has been 'worse than Pearl Harbor,' describing it as an 'attack' China should've stopped 'at the source'
Critics of the president have said that Trump's change in tone toward China is part of an effort toTrump's rhetoric on coronavirus has shifted drastically as the scale of the crisis has escalated in the US
"We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It's going to be just fine," Trump said on January 22.on February 27. "We're prepared, and we're doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away," TrumpIn a matter of weeks, Trump has gone from telling Americans to "stay calm" about coronavirus, to essentially acknowledging that the death toll has been far higher than two of the most consequential attacks in US history.
Over 2,400 Americans were killed when the Japanese Empire attacked US forces at Pearl Harbor in 1941. Nearly 3,000 were killed in the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, including 2,753 at the World Trade Center in New York City. confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US, and nearly 72,000 reported fatalities. Trump has been pushing for the US to reopen and ease coronavirus restricts in order to jumpstart the economy. , "We have to be warriors.
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