Trump Says US Intelligence Officials Didn’t Bring Up CCP Virus Until Late January

Trump Says US Intelligence Officials Didn’t Bring Up CCP Virus Until Late January
President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters in the East Room of the White House in Washington on April 30, 2020. Alex Brandon/AP Photo
Venus Upadhayaya
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President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that U.S. intelligence officials didn’t bring up the issue of the CCP virus until late January and didn’t highlight the gravity of the threat during the briefing.

“On January 23, I was told that there could be a virus coming in but it was of no real import. In other words, it wasn’t, ‘Oh we gotta do something, we gotta do something.’ It was a brief conversation and it was only on January 23,” Trump said during a Fox News town hall.

Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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