Trump Slams Global Supply Chains at Coronavirus Briefing: ‘I Ran Strongly Against China’

By Sarah RumpfApr 19th, 2020, 9:19 pm
 

President Donald Trump again went after China at Sunday’s Coronavirus Task Force briefing, noting that he “ran strongly against China” during his 2016 presidential campaign, and criticizing the use of international supply chains by American manufacturers.

“We should make product in the United States,” said Trump. “The supply chains sounds wonderful. But if one country has a problem, the whole chain is ruined. I ran partially on that and I ran strongly against China.”

“I ran on China and other countries who were ripping off our country,” he continued. “China fully understood that. They are big strong smart people. I wasn’t friendly and it wasn’t a friendly situation. And we ended up making an incredible deal with China for tens of billions of dollars of product.”

“Then the virus came along and I’m not happy. I let them know I’m not happy… This is not a good thing that happened. It came out of China.”

Trump also mentioned the impact that the coronavirus pandemic was having in other countries around the world, “people dying in our country and all over the world, all over the world people are dying…and their economies are shattered.”

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Sarah Rumpf joined Mediaite in 2020 and is a Contributing Editor focusing on politics, law, and the media. A native Floridian, Sarah attended the University of Florida, graduating with a double major in Political Science and German, and earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the UF College of Law. Sarah's writing has been featured at National Review, The Daily Beast, Reason, Law & Crime, Independent Journal Review, Texas Monthly, The Capitolist, Breitbart Texas, Townhall, RedState, The Orlando Sentinel, and the Austin-American Statesman, and her political commentary has led to appearances on the BBC, MSNBC, NewsNation, Fox 35 Orlando, Fox 7 Austin, The Young Turks, The Dean Obeidallah Show, and other television, radio, and podcast programs across the globe.