Trump claims China doesn't want him to be re-elected

President Trump on Wednesday said Chinese officials will "do anything they can" to ensure he is not re-elected in November, telling Reuters that the way Beijing has handled the coronavirus pandemic is proof of this.

In the United States, there are more than one million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and at least 60,000 people have died from the virus. Trump pushed back at critics who say he didn't act fast enough in the early days of the pandemic, when he declared coronavirus was "going to disappear" like "a miracle." China should have been more forthcoming with information on the virus, Trump told Reuters, and the country's officials are "constantly using public relations to try to make it like they're innocent parties."

Trump believes China "will do anything they can to have me lose" the presidential election because he has been tough on trade. When asked if he would consider imposing more tariffs against China, Trump responded, "There are many things I can do. We're looking for what happened."

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