'I haven't spoken to Xi Jinping; have no plan to speak': Donald Trump unleashes at China

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said of late he has t spoken with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and has plans to do so. ", I have t spoken to him, one. , I do t. I have plan to speak to m," Trump told reporters at a White House press conference. He expressed anger over China's inability to prevent spre of coronavirus out of country, from where it originated.

"Make mistake, we hold China fully responsible for concealing virus and unleashing it upon world. Could have stopped it, y should have stopped," Trump said as he also lashed out at World Health Organization (WHO) for siding with China on this issue.

"y were really a puppet of China," he said.

Trump also slammed former vice president Joe Biden, who is his Democratic challenger in vember presidential polls, for being "soft" on China.

"By contrast, my ministration acted very early to ban travel from China, from Europe, saving all of se lives. Incredible. And I want everyone to kw, I want every citizen to kw that we are using full power of federal government to fight that China virus and keep our people safe. Through Operation Warp Speed, we will deliver a vaccine in record-breaking time," he said.

"He (Biden) said idea that China is our competition is really bizarre. He is really bizarre. He said China is t a problem. . body has ripped us off more than China over last 25, 30 years, body close, and he says China is t a problem. w he takes it all back. w he wants to be mister tough guy. But for years, 47 years, he never came out against China, never said anything b, just opposite," president said.

He said Biden expresses more fawning praise about China on an ordinary day than about America.

"On July 4, Biden attacked United States and said we h never lived up to ideals of our fars, our forefars or our founding fars, those founding ideals, and yet he enthusiastically stated that China is a great nation and we should hope for its continued expansion. Well, we all wish well to China, but what China has unleashed on world, it is hard to even fathom."

"Biden sides with China over America time and time again. And he said on July 4 that American history is fairy tale, and yet blindly celebrates China, saying few nations in history have come so far, so fast. He is so proud of m. He is so proud of m. w Joe Biden is pushing a platform that would demolish US ecomy, totally demolish it," Trump said.