Covid-19

Part of Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at on 17 March 2020.

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Photo of Emily Thornberry Emily Thornberry Shadow Foreign Secretary

The truth is that Donald Trump’s lack of international leadership has been quite extraordinary. He started by calling the outbreaks a hoax, comparing coronavirus to winter flu and dismissing health advice, but he now calls it the “foreign virus”, blaming Europe for its spread and today blaming China, and says that he takes no responsibility at all. Does the Secretary of State agree that it is shameful that such behaviour is what we have come to expect from the current American President, even at this time of global crisis?