I have a very good relationship [with him] but at the moment I don't want to talk to him
said Mr Trump on Fox Business.
Asked about the various retaliatory measures he could envisage, he was threatening: There are many things we could do. We could break off all relationships
.
What would happen if we did?
he continued. We would save 500 billion dollars if we broke off all relations
he added.
For weeks, US President Donald Trump has been accusing the Chinese authorities of concealing the scale of the epidemic, which appeared at the end of 2019 in the city of Wuhan (central China), and thus facilitating its spread.
Beijing denies this and claims to have passed on all the information to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other countries, including the United States, as quickly as possible.
They could have stopped him
he hammered home on Fox Business.
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