Trump says he would not know if China underreported numbers



U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the course of the day by day White Home coronavirus press briefing whereas flanked by Lawyer Normal William Barr April 1, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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President Donald Trump stated Wednesday that the U.S. would not know whether or not the Chinese language authorities has underreported the variety of coronavirus instances and deaths within the nation.

"I am not an accountant from China," Trump stated when requested at a White Home press briefing whether or not China's numbers are correct.

Nonetheless, Trump stated that Beijing's tally appeared "to be just a little bit on the sunshine facet, and I am being good once I say that, relative to what we witnessed and what was reported."

The president has beforehand solid doubt on the numbers being reported by China. However on the briefing Wednesday night, he opted as a substitute to speak up the U.S. commerce relationship with Beijing.

"We actually do not know. How do we all know whether or not they underreported or reported nonetheless they report," Trump stated of China's reported...



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