The editor-in-chief of China Communist Party’s official publication, Global Times, Hu Xijin has accused President Donald Trump of ‘witchcraft’ following his public admission, on Monday, of taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent contracting coronavirus disease.
Hu, a personality with Chinese leadership, on Tuesday blamed Trump for the high number of US deaths from coronavirus, claiming the White House would be ‘burned down’ by the public if it were China.
“President Trump is leading the US’s struggle against pandemic with witchcraft, and as a result, more than 90,000 people have died,” Hu wrote on Tuesday in a now-deleted tweet. “If it were in China, the White House would have been burned down by angry people.”
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday morning that the president shared his personal health information because he wants to be ‘transparent’ with Americans.
“The president just wanted to be transparent about his personal health decision that he made in consultation with his doctor,” McEnany told Fox & Friends, adding that others should only take the malaria drug if they are prescribed it by their doctors.
Trump has also received uncomplimentary criticism from his political rivals in the United States over his prescription.
