David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

Bare days after market-testing the "China virus" slogan, Trump dropped it - ostensibly to protect Asian-Americans, but really for the same reason that he covered up the virus in Jan-Feb: he desperately needed a face-saving exit from his trade war w China https://t.co/OdLMYqYSIk https://t.co/fMcXDosJmz — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 28, 2023

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David Frum @davidfrum

Trump himself toggled back and forth between "It's harmless, my friend President Xi has everything under control" to Chinese super-weapon - and back again. Through January-February 2020, Trump took the "no big deal" line. Then, in March 2020 https://t.co/wmrCAJUq8l https://t.co/47cdZAODSE — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 28, 2023

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In May 2020, Trump toggled back to blaming China, describing the virus as a worse attack than Pearl Harbor or 9/11. https://t.co/nN8OB3YmSK https://t.co/El22Pwmp8M — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 28, 2023