Trump assessed the damage to the United States from China's policy

The United States economy lost about $500 billion annually due to China's policies. This was stated by former US President Donald Trump during an interview with Fox News.

“China has been robbing us economically for years. I talked about it all the time, $500 billion a year,” Trump said.

He also said that in connection with the CORONAVIRUS pandemic, CHINA "destroyed the whole world", and therefore he must pay compensation to the world for the occurrence of covid-19 . “I believe that around the world, I'm not just talking about the US, there has been $60 trillion in damage. China does not have $60 trillion,” the ex-president said.

Previously, Trump has repeatedly accused the Chinese authorities of spreading the coronavirus around the world. He believes that the virus was created in a Chinese laboratory and then released outside of it. In May 2020, Trump reported that he had evidence of the creation of the virus in the Wuhan laboratory.

At the same time, he believed that the Chinese provoked the pandemic not intentionally, but as a result of a mistake due to incompetence. Trumpr urged the UN to hold Beijing accountable for the spread of the coronavirus. He later said that the US and other countries should demand $10 trillion in reparations from China.