From The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/02/trump-response-coronavirus/606610/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/02/

From The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/02/trump-response-coronavirus/606610/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/02/trump-r...), attributing comments to the WHO: *But critics from WHO and elsewhere have said the bans are unnecessary and could generate a racist backlash against Chinese people.* *Before long, Trump was running for president on an anti-immigrant platform. One message he pushed was that immigrants carry contagion. In 2015, he put out a statement warning that “tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border,” a claim unsupported by fact.* [ha! That hasn't aged well: https://news.yahoo.com/dhs-dropped-40-000-covid-190800213.html ] From Huffington Post: https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/china-donald-trump-chinese-virus-coronavirus-racism_in_5e7068e7c5b6eab7793b7e36 https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/china-donald-trump...: *Just a month after praising China for its handing of the COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. President Donald Trump has sent out a racist tweet terming the coronavirus as “Chinese Virus”.* From Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-using-racism-against-china-to-distract-from-coronavirus-failures-2020-3?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-using-racism-against-c... *President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are using racism to try to distract from his disastrous preparations for and response to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of taking responsibility for and addressing early failures, they're blaming the crisis on China.*