'Oh, he would know that, huh, National Intelligence,' Trump said.
saying the U.S. intelligence community"concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified," but President Trump didn't seem aware of that assessment during a media briefing later in the day.America’s senior citizens in the East Room of the White House April 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Older adults and those with underlying medical conditions are at higher risk for serious complications from COVID-19.
Trump then seemed to cast the statement aside, saying,"Oh, he would know that, huh, National Intelligence," to which Roberts responded,"That would be your Director of National Intelligence." "The [intelligence community] will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan,” said the statement from Richard Grenell, who assumed the role of acting director of National Intelligence in February.
Trump wouldn't commit to agreeing with the statement. When pushed on why he felt confident the novel coronavirus originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Trump vaguely said,"I can't tell you that, I'm not allowed to tell you that." When asked again if he saw evidence that the lab was the origin of the virus, Trump claimed,"Yes, I have," and pivoted to criticizing the World Health Organization.reported that Trump administration officials, led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have pushed U.S. spy agencies to find evidence linking the coronavirus with the Wuhan lab.Conservative media like Fox News, along with Republican politicians like Senator Tom Cotton, R-Ark.
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