It's 'China virus', not coronavirus which sounds like 'beautiful place' in Italy: Trump

US President Donald Trump has hit out at China for t stopping COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives globally, as he yet again used term "China virus" and urged his supporters t to call it coronavirus, saying name sounds like a "beautiful place" in Italy.

dressing a packed election rally in battleground state of Pennsylvania, Trump told his supporters on Tuesday that if re-elected, over next four years, his ministration will make America a manufacturing superpower of world and will end US' reliance on China once and for all.

Describing vember 3 election as a "matter of ecomic survival", Trump said that country was doing great on ecomic front before plague was unleashed on United States, and blamed China for it.

"You h greatest year you have ever h last year, and you were really on your way - we were very, very sly disturbed by what happened with China. y let plague out. y shouldn't have done it," he said.

"We built greatest ecomy in history of world. And right w we're doing it again,” he asserted, amidst an applause from his supporters.

"It's China virus. It's t coronavirus. Corona sounds like a place in Italy, a beautiful place. It's corona? . It's China virus. y don't want to say it. You kw, rical left, y don't want to say it," Trump said.

US President has called vel coronavirus as China’s virus before as well.

In his speech on eve of Republican National Convention in August, Trump said: "I am pleased to make a truly historic anuncement in our battle against China virus that will save countless lives".

In March, he h said that China is responsible for spre of vel coronavirus and called COVID-19 as "Chinese virus".

virus that first emerged in China's Wuhan city in Hubei province in December 2019 has claimed 968,726 lives and infected 31,483,011 people globally. US is worst affected country, according to Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker.

"Do you ever tice y're always going after Russia? Look, body's been tougher on Russia than me. But you have Russia, Russia, Russia. I say what about China? y never want to mention it. You kw, y got little deals going on,” Trump alleged.

"But coronavirus doesn't it sound like Italy, a beautiful villa, you have a beautiful corona. , it's China virus. y should have stopped it," he said.

To fight virus, Trump said that his ministration h launched largest national mobilisation since World War II.

"We did an incredible, we did an A-plus job, except we did a "D" job in terms of public relations, explaining it, because we were too busy doing it. But fact is y wouldn't have written it anyway," Trump said.

He claimed that his Democratic rival Joe Biden championed every globalist betrayal of Pennsylvania for a half a century.

"He was a cheerleer for worst tre deal ever me by any country, NAFTA and China's entry into World Tre Organization, which built China like a rocket ship," he said.

"y were flatlined for many, many deces, and n right through roof. That was a Biden approval to. se disasters ripped out one-third of your state's manufacturing jobs. You kw what happened. Biden shouldn't be asking for your vote. He should be begging for your forgiveness. He did a terrible job," Trump said.

He said w Democrat Party was pledging to rejoin disastrous Paris Climate Accord "You want to spend a lot of money for thing, eviscerating your state's ecomy. You will spend USD 1 trillion. And what it is really, it takes away your power. It takes away your energy. You'll be closing your plants and factories all over place," he told his supporters.

"I withdrew from catastrophe because I was elected to fight for Pittsburgh, t for Paris. This election is a choice between Pennsylvania and China. If Biden wins, China wins. When we win, Pennsylvania wins and America wins," Trump said. 

(Im: AP/PTI)