From “They’re doing a very good job” to “I’m not happy,” a timeline of the president’s shift in tone about China during the pandemic.
With the COVID-19 death toll mounting in the United States, President Trump in recent weeks has defended his administration’s response to the virus while criticizing China, where the coronavirus pandemic originated, for misleading global health officials about the scope of the outbreak.
“I had a great conversation last night with President Xi,” Trump told reporters on Feb. 7, when there were just 11 confirmed U.S. cases of COVID-19. “It’s a tough situation. I think they’re doing a very good job.” “As far as President Xi, he’s a friend of mine,” Trump said on March 13, when there were more than 2,000 confirmed U.S. cases of COVID-19. “I believe we are dealing in good faith.”“I’m a little upset with China, I’ll be honest with you,” the president said during a March 22 press briefing on the coronavirus. At that point, 33,000 Americans had tested positive for COVID-19, and 421 people had died from it in the U.S. “They should have told us about this.
“They didn’t report what was happening inside of China,” he continued. “No, I’m not happy with China.” The president has repeatedly pointed to a ban on any foreign national who had been in China from traveling to the United States in defending his response to the virus.
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