Posted on 10/04/2020 8:44:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
After Chinese state media showed little sympathy for President Donald Trump following news of his positive coronavirus diagnosis, China's president has sent a message expressing hope that the American first couple recover quickly soon.
On Friday, the Global Times, which reflects the more hawkish aspects of Chinese government policy, said that Trump had himself to blame. The publication's editor-in-chief, Hu Xijin, tweeted that the U.S. president and his wife, Melania Trump, "have paid the price for his gamble to play down the COVID-19."
"The news shows the severity of the U.S. pandemic situation. It will impose a negative impact on the image of Trump and the US, and may also negatively affect his reelection," Hu added.
Other state media outlets linked Trump's infection with his repeated public dismissals of the pandemic. The China Daily said: "Since it emerged earlier this year, Trump, the White House and his campaign have played down the threat and refused to abide by basic public health guidelines."
However on Saturday, there was finally a warmer message coming from Beijing, with the Global Times tweeting an image of Trump and the first lady posing with President Xi and his wife. With it was the message: "Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of sympathy to @realDonaldTrump and Melania Trump on Saturday, in which he and his wife Peng Liyuan hope the presidential couple an early recovery from COVID-19."
Trump blames China for the pandemic and accuses it of downplaying the severity of the outbreak from its epicenter in Wuhan, claims which have angered Beijing which, in turn, accuses Washington of mishandling the virus.
It has added to a febrile climate of diplomacy between the countries exacerbated by a trade war and Washington's criticism of Beijing on its actions in the South China Sea
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Hmmmmm is Wuo-Fat feeling the heat from the world stage for the global pandemic?
My grampa was a Lutheran missionary in China for eight years.
He said a lot of the Chinese people were very good people and eager to learn about Christ’s teachings, but t said to NEVER EVER TRUST the CCP.
Go #### yourself Xi.
You and the msm and dems and many others figured he would be crushed by the virus.
You figured wrong.
Now you crawl.
Too late.
I think one would be hard pressed to find countries where the majority of the people are evil.
But lesser numbers willing to use brutal tactics can dominate a much larger group.
Thumbs up
Xi has a big problem on his hand.
Trump launched an economic war on China. China retaliated by releasing a biological weapon on the US and the world, but it is turning out to be much less lethal than originally thought. Xi cannot feed all his people and we have all the food.
Checkmate. It will be a slow motion defeat but it will happen.
Confuciua say: “Xinaman speak with forked tongue”
China launched the economic war on the United States, with the aiding and abetting of both major political parties and the business community here in the U.S.
Until President Trump came along, no one did anything about it. No one fought back. On January 20, 2017, there was a new sheriff in town.
President Xi’s kindness should be appreciated.
A typical stupid MSM fake newsreport. Unfortunately, some freepers have taken the bait.
The Chinese can go straight to the Hot Place, for my money. I’m sick up to here with their blatant thievery of intellectual property, buying up U.S. businesses and neighborhoods, demonic cruelty to animals and humans, and then siccing this horrible disease on the world.
This is rich. Xi is criticizing Trump for downplaying the virus? Thanks to China downplaying or not addressing the virus, it got a 2 month head start on the medical community.
President Trump said that he will take care of China for their part in the pandemic.
>>Thanks to China (and FauXi) downplaying or not addressing the virus, it got a 2 month head start on the medical community.
I’m suspicious. Why when they announce he will be ok,that he is getting a therapeutic treatment, do they suddenly announce their well wishes. Praying I am wrong. Praying very hard! God Bless and watch over our POTUS!
He is just being smart.
There are plenty of things to be ready to play hardball about with China.
But for the moment, it is appreciated.
For real.
Why are you defending the Red Chinese leader?
As noted before, the government controlled press was attacking the President before Winnie Xi Pooh gave perfunctory well wishes.
Yes, you are correct. Trump was the first President to fight for our interests in a very long time.
I think this means he knows Trump will win the election, better play nice if I want to buy US grain. Starvation is the world’s greatest motivator.
PRC Chinese media did nothing more than parroting Western MSM’s words. You can’t blame liberals’ dominance in MSM on President Xi.
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