President Donald Trump said he has seen evidence that coronavirus started in the Wuhan virology laboratory, as he warned he could impose tariffs of $1 trillion on China in retribution for the pandemic.

The president made the explosive charge that the coronavirus that has caused millions of infections and wreaked havoc on the global economy may have been created in the Chinese lab during his coronavirus press briefing Thursday.

He also suggested the federal government is exploring ways to punish China for triggering the outbreak by imposing tariffs but he stopped short of saying he would refuse to pay back US debts.

'Yes I have. Yes I have,' Trump said when asked if he has confidence that the Wuhan Institute of Technology was the origin of the virus.

The lab is located near a wet market that has been identified as the likely epicenter of the outbreak that took place late last year.

The president would not disclose what the evidence was that confirmed his suspicions.

When asked if he would consider refusing to pay US's debts to China as punishment, the president said he 'could do it differently' and suggested the US will impose high tariffs of around $1 trillion on the nation.

'I could do the same thing but even for more money just putting on tariffs,' he said.

'So I don't need to do that. It's approximately a trillion dollars - a little bit more I understand but we can do that in probably a little bit more of a forthright manner.'

Trump said withholding debt payments would be a 'rough game' that could damage the 'sanctity' of the dollar and ruled out taking this approach.

'You start playing those games and that's tough,' he continued.

'We have the dollar to protect. We want to protect the sanctity of the dollar, the importance of the dollar. It's the greatest currency in the history of the world.'

The president continued: 'It's a good question to say, 'well oh gee, we owe you a certain amount of money, we're going to keep it'. But when you start playing that game you really start hurting the sanctity of the greatest currency on earth but we can do it in other ways.

'We can do it with tariffs. We can do it with other ways beyond that without having to play that game - that's a rough game.'

Trump's comments came after reports emerged that US administration officials were discussing canceling US debt obligations to China.

US intelligence officials and government agencies were scheduled to meet Thursday to come up with a plan to punish or demand financial compensation from China over the pandemic, two sources told the Washington Post.

One option on the table was to cancel the debt, while another was to strip China of its 'sovereign immunity'.

George Sorial, who formerly served as a top executive at the Trump Organization and has filed a class-action lawsuit against China, told The Post senior White House officials were discussing limiting China's sovereign immunity so that the government could sue China for damages over the pandemic.

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We all know that fact right from Day one!

Smart Move Trump. Very very brilliant

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We all know that fact right from Day one!

Of course, and we also know the fact that Buhari is lifeless.

Brb....

The truth China does not want to hear.

Action man, vibrant!!! This the kind president we need in Nigeria.

The bioweapon called Covid-19.

Just look at the second picture,China eating all sorts of meat ,Na wa o,eat live crab,eat frog,eat premature baby eat all sorts of nonsense,why won't their scientists think like Frogs and make stupid mistakes in the lab
After this pandemic,all countries hit by corana virus should stand by each other and curb this disaster, wreaking havoc country called China,all sorts of pandemic are from there,who knows the next virus that is being produced in their lab now
If it was an African country that did this,All blacks in the world would have been frowned upon,discriminated and demeaned to a shit like substance

It is an open secret; not only USA but all countries infected by this virus shld punish China by stoping all their goods and services.
Enough is Enough.

China has already admitted they want to take the world power by saying Trump should have ask dem for help instead of having Americans blood on his hand. TRUMP IS A SMART GUY. AMERICA CAN NOT BOW DOWN TO ANY BODY. CHINA HAS DONE A GREAT MISTAKE AND WILL BE DEALT A GREAT BLOW. CHINA ARE HAPPY THEY SUCCEEDING IN KILLING AMERICANS BUT THE REVENGE WILL BE DEVASTATING. THEY SHOOT THE FIRST SHOT BUT USA WILL FIRE BACK.

China should by all means be made to pay duly for this world calamity.

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Na dem Sabi

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Of course, and we also know the fact that Buhari is lifeless.

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Except of course, the zombies..

China had bribed W.H.O