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Trump Dismisses Intelligence Director's Statement After It Contradicts His Claims That Virus Originated In Wuhan Lab

Trump Dismisses Intelligence Director's Statement After It Contradicts His Claims That Virus Originated In Wuhan Lab
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Evan Brechtel
By Evan BrechtelMay 01, 2020
Evan Brechtel
Evan Brechtel is a writer and actor living in New York. A Fordham University graduate, he also writes a monthly column for Chosen Magazine and is currently working on a historical fiction novel about New York queer bars over the twentieth century.
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President Donald Trump's allies are urging him to blame China for the virus that's killed over 60 thousand Americans in an effort to distract from his own administration's initial dismissals and bungled response that's since necessitated nationwide stay-at-home orders and the unemployment of millions.

It hasn't been difficult for Trump, considering how inclined he is to blame others for his shortcomings.

When answering questions for reporters on Thursday, the President claimed he'd seen evidence that the virus was made by Chinese scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Technology. Trump said he was "not allowed" to say what the evidence was.

That's when Fox News's White House Correspondent John Roberts pointed to a statement from the Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, and things got awkward.

Watch below.


Roberts pointed to Grenell's statement, which said:

"The Intelligence Community ... concurs with the wide scientific consensus that [the virus] was not manmade or genetically modified."

Trump dismissed the statement, asking who specifically made it, before sarcastically saying:

"He would know that, huh? National Intelligence, okay. So we'll see."

Roberts reminded Trump that his own National Intelligence Director gave the statement, before Trump said he'd have to look at it.

People couldn't help but roll their eyes.




Did Trump forget who appointed the National Intelligence Director?



What. A. Mess.

For a deeper look into the ineptitude of Trump's administration, check out A Very Stable Genius, available here.

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