Donald Trump sulks. "I have a very good relationship (with him) but at the moment I don't want to talk to him," said Donald Trump on Fox Business on Thursday, May 14, of President Xi Jinping.

For weeks, US President Donald Trump has accused the Chinese authorities of having concealed the scale of the coronavirus epidemic, which appeared in late 2019 in the city of Wuhan (central China), and thus of having facilitated its spread . "They could have arrested him," said the White House tenant.

"We would save $ 500 billion"

Asked about the various retaliatory measures he could consider, he was threatening: "There are a lot of things we could do. We could end all relationships".

"If we did it, what would happen?" He continued. "We would save $ 500 billion if we cut all ties," he said.

For its part, Beijing denies and claims to have transmitted all the information as quickly as possible to the World Health Organization (WHO) and to other countries, including the United States.

With AFP

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