What is Donald Trump's perspective on China's accountability regarding the COVID-19 origins and the evidence supporting or refuting the lab leak theory?
Trump argues that China bears responsibility for COVID-19's impact due to their lack of transparency and cooperation with international experts. He criticizes China for being "xenophobic" by not allowing outside experts to investigate and for destroying critical evidence by killing animals at the seafood market on January 1st, which eliminated direct biological samples and left only genetic traces on equipment and surfaces. Regarding the lab leak theory, Trump acknowledges the lack of concrete evidence, noting that viruses studied at the Wuhan Institute (WIV1 and RaTG13) are genetically distant from SARS-CoV-2. He emphasizes that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, suggesting the lab leak theory relies on "innuendo and conspiracy" rather than hard scientific data.
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Trump on China's Accountability
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