21 Apr 2020

Coronavirus: Donald Trump heaps blame on China for pandemic

From Morning Report, 6:08 am on 21 April 2020

There are growing indications that President Donald Trump is making plans to advance the argument that China is to blame for the Covid-19 pandemic that has brought devastation to the American economy.

The President used anti-China rhetoric prominently during his 2016 campaign for the White House - at the time, accusing Beijing of deeply-unfair trading practices that were holding the US economy to ransom.

But now, he's got a new message, and as Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports, an army of supporters already giving voice to it.