<p>During an election rally speech in the battleground State of Pennsylvania, US President Donald Trump urged his supporters not to call the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic, coronavirus, saying the name sounds like a "beautiful place" in Italy.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-karnataka-delhi-tamil-nadu-west-bengal-maharashtra-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-september-23-891129.html#1">Follow live updates on the Covid-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>He lashed out at China for not stopping the Covid-19 pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives globally, as he yet again used the term "China virus".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing a packed election rally in the battle ground state of Pennsylvania, Trump told his supporters on Tuesday that if re-elected, over the next four years, his administration would make America a manufacturing superpower of the world and will end the reliance of US on China once and for all.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Describing the Nov. 3 election as a "matter of economic survival", Trump said that the country was doing great on the economic front before the plague was unleashed on the United States, and blamed China for it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You had the greatest year you have ever had last year, and you were really on your way - we were very, very sadly disturbed by what happened with China. They let the plague out. They shouldn't have done it," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We built the greatest economy in the history of the world. And right now, we're doing it again,” he asserted, amidst applause from his supporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's the China virus. It's not the coronavirus," Trump said. "Corona sounds like a place in Italy, a beautiful place. It's corona? No. It's the China virus. They don't want to say it. You know, the radical left, they don't want to say it."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US President has referred to the novel coronavirus as China’s virus before as well.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his speech on the eve of the Republican National Convention in August, Trump said: "I am pleased to make a truly historic announcement in our battle against the China virus that will save countless lives".</p>.<p class="bodytext">In March, he had said that China is responsible for the spread of the novel coronavirus and termed Covid-19 as the "Chinese virus".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The virus that first emerged in China's Wuhan city in the Hubei province in December 2019 has claimed 968,726 lives and infected 31,483,011 people globally. The US is the worst-affected country, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html#1">Coronavirus Worldometer | 15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">"Do you ever notice they're always going after Russia? Look, nobody's been tougher on Russia than me. But you have Russia, Russia, Russia. I say what about China? They never want to mention it. You know, they got little deals going on,” Trump alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But coronavirus, doesn't it sound like Italy, a beautiful villa, you have a beautiful corona. No, it's the China virus. They should have stopped it," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To fight the virus, Trump said that his administration had launched the largest national mobilisation since World War II.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"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 the fact is they wouldn't have written it anyway," Trump said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He claimed that his Democratic rival Joe Biden had championed every globalist betrayal of Pennsylvania for a half a century.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He was a cheerleader for the worst trade deal ever made by any country, NAFTA, and China's entry into the World Trade Organization, which built China like a rocket ship," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They were flatlined for many, many decades, and then right through the roof. That was a Biden approval too. These disasters ripped out one-third of your state's manufacturing jobs. You know what happened. Biden shouldn't be asking for your vote. He should be begging for your forgiveness. He did a terrible job," Trump said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that now the Democrat Party was pledging to rejoin the disastrous Paris Climate Accord.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You want to spend a lot of money for nothing, eviscerating your state's economy," he told his supporters. "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 the place."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I withdrew from the catastrophe because I was elected to fight for Pittsburgh, not for Paris," Trump said. "This election is a choice between Pennsylvania and China. If Biden wins, China wins. When we win, Pennsylvania wins and America wins."</p>
<p>During an election rally speech in the battleground State of Pennsylvania, US President Donald Trump urged his supporters not to call the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic, coronavirus, saying the name sounds like a "beautiful place" in Italy.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-karnataka-delhi-tamil-nadu-west-bengal-maharashtra-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-september-23-891129.html#1">Follow live updates on the Covid-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>He lashed out at China for not stopping the Covid-19 pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives globally, as he yet again used the term "China virus".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing a packed election rally in the battle ground state of Pennsylvania, Trump told his supporters on Tuesday that if re-elected, over the next four years, his administration would make America a manufacturing superpower of the world and will end the reliance of US on China once and for all.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Describing the Nov. 3 election as a "matter of economic survival", Trump said that the country was doing great on the economic front before the plague was unleashed on the United States, and blamed China for it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You had the greatest year you have ever had last year, and you were really on your way - we were very, very sadly disturbed by what happened with China. They let the plague out. They shouldn't have done it," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We built the greatest economy in the history of the world. And right now, we're doing it again,” he asserted, amidst applause from his supporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's the China virus. It's not the coronavirus," Trump said. "Corona sounds like a place in Italy, a beautiful place. It's corona? No. It's the China virus. They don't want to say it. You know, the radical left, they don't want to say it."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The US President has referred to the novel coronavirus as China’s virus before as well.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his speech on the eve of the Republican National Convention in August, Trump said: "I am pleased to make a truly historic announcement in our battle against the China virus that will save countless lives".</p>.<p class="bodytext">In March, he had said that China is responsible for the spread of the novel coronavirus and termed Covid-19 as the "Chinese virus".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The virus that first emerged in China's Wuhan city in the Hubei province in December 2019 has claimed 968,726 lives and infected 31,483,011 people globally. The US is the worst-affected country, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html#1">Coronavirus Worldometer | 15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">"Do you ever notice they're always going after Russia? Look, nobody's been tougher on Russia than me. But you have Russia, Russia, Russia. I say what about China? They never want to mention it. You know, they got little deals going on,” Trump alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But coronavirus, doesn't it sound like Italy, a beautiful villa, you have a beautiful corona. No, it's the China virus. They should have stopped it," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To fight the virus, Trump said that his administration had launched the largest national mobilisation since World War II.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"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 the fact is they wouldn't have written it anyway," Trump said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He claimed that his Democratic rival Joe Biden had championed every globalist betrayal of Pennsylvania for a half a century.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He was a cheerleader for the worst trade deal ever made by any country, NAFTA, and China's entry into the World Trade Organization, which built China like a rocket ship," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They were flatlined for many, many decades, and then right through the roof. That was a Biden approval too. These disasters ripped out one-third of your state's manufacturing jobs. You know what happened. Biden shouldn't be asking for your vote. He should be begging for your forgiveness. He did a terrible job," Trump said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that now the Democrat Party was pledging to rejoin the disastrous Paris Climate Accord.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You want to spend a lot of money for nothing, eviscerating your state's economy," he told his supporters. "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 the place."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I withdrew from the catastrophe because I was elected to fight for Pittsburgh, not for Paris," Trump said. "This election is a choice between Pennsylvania and China. If Biden wins, China wins. When we win, Pennsylvania wins and America wins."</p>