'I'm not allowed to tell you that,' the president said when pressed for further information.
"They shouldn't be making excuses when people make horrible mistakes, especially mistakes that are causing hundreds of thousands of people around the world to die," the president continued."I think the World Health Organization should be ashamed of themselves."
When asked how confident he feels that it came from a Wuhan Lab, Trump declined to answer."I'm not allowed to tell you that," he said. Earlier during the event, Trump was asked whether Chinese President Xi Jinping should be held responsible for the coronavirus outbreak."I don't want to say that, but certainly it could have been stopped," the president said."I wish they stopped it. The whole world wishes they stopped it."This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
US President Donald Trump speaks on protecting Americas seniors from the COVID-19 pandemic in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 30, 2020.
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