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Trump said that not because he had some particular insight, but it was just a way to deflect blame, and that's why it was super amplified across the right wing,
by belltaco 4y ago
Trump said that not because he had some particular insight, but it was just a way to deflect blame, and that's why it was super amplified across the right wing, but lacking any sort of evidence or proof. Also back then there was a strong suggestion that it was bioengineered at Wuhan on purpose to tank the western economies.
Note that he also said covid wasn't a serious thing several times. If that's the case even if there was a lab leak it wasn't a big deal? Note that both of those were to benefit his administration and deflect blame from his admin's response in Feb 2020 to not take covid seriously.
- snird 4y agoThis sounds reasonable. I'm not that into US politics and media, so it makes sense I got this "rough" image from social media. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter. It will lead to more people losing trust in the media and flocking into extreme social media silos. The problem is still here, even if the cause of the problem makes no sense.
- trappist 4y agoTrump was a stopped clock on this. I don't think that's paren't point. The point, to me, is that the entire establishment treated the lab leak hypothesis as misinformation for no better reason than that Trump had endorsed it. That is, on no better evidence. And then aggressively censored it.
- belltaco 4y ago>The point, to me, is that the entire establishment And the Energy Department that the sole source behind this story isn't part of the so called establishment? Especially under the Biden admin which people who use words like 'the establishment' and 'deep state' consider the establishment. Looks like 'the establishment' wants to blame China now, hence the story must be fake and there was no lab leak? Where is actual evidence of the lab leak?