Trump Is Back

The unprecedented attack on the Capitol by the followers of former U.S President Donald Trump, together with his baseless allegations of massive electoral fraud in the 2020 presidential election, have caused a heavy loss to the Republican Party and its supporters. However, few Republicans have dared to break with Trump. In fact, many of them still see him as a valuable asset to the Republican Party and to the midterm election campaign in November 2022, through which Republicans hope to regain a majority in Congress.

Trump, who has always been controversial, is back again with his statements. Recently, at the North Carolina Republican Party Convention, he demanded that China pays reparations to the U.S for the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that first appeared in Wuhan, China.

In a rare speech delivered at the convention, Trump said that China should pay a bill of $10 trillion, and “all countries should collectively cancel any debts they owe to China as a down payment on reparations.” He also said that the United States should impose 100% tariffs on all goods from China. “We should all declare within one unified voice that China must pay. They must pay,” Trump said during the speech. Trump also claimed that he was right about the coronavirus: “… the lab, that was an easy one. Wuhan.” The virus has swept the world since Jan. 2020, and has killed at least 3.7 million people.

In reality, Trump and his administration’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the death of nearly 600,000 people in America alone. Moreover, Trump’s infection with the virus was a crucial and powerful factor in his losing the presidential election to his strong opponent, Democrat Joe Biden, in November 2020.

But he has not yet admitted to losing the election. He even vows to return to the White House again in the 2024 election.

Will he return with his controversial statements and populist rhetoric in the coming months? Will he return to Twitter and Facebook? Will Trump return? To be continued….