Trump calls on U.N. to hold 'China accountable' for virus
"The Chinese government, and the World Health Organization – which is virtually controlled by China – falsely declared that there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission," Trump said.
"Later, they falsely said people without symptoms would not spread the disease ... The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions," he said.
Trump spoke in a taped speech from the White House Monday, that aired Tuesday at the General Assembly, which convened virtually this week.
The president promised to distribute a vaccine and said: "We will defeat the virus, we will defeat the virus, and we will end the pandemic" and enter a new era of prosperity, cooperation and peace.
Trump, a frequent critic of the United Nations, also said in the excerpts that if the UN is to be effective, it must focus on "the real problems of the world" like "terrorism, the oppression of women, forced labor, drug trafficking, human and sex trafficking, religious persecution, and the ethnic cleansing of religious minorities."
