US: Donald Trump terms coronavirus ‘Kung Flu’, Twitter bashes him for racism, Asian Americans especially unhappy | Americas

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Donald Trump called the coronavirus ‘Kung Flu’ and ‘the Chinese virus’ during a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20 and Twitter users, especially Asian Americans, are calling him out for racism. The US President blamed China for the global spread of coronavirus, while terming the disease ࢀ˜Kung Fluࢀ™. Trump, addressing his first election rally on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the US early this year, said that the COVID-19 is a disease and has many names. ࢀœI can name ࢀ" Kung flu. I can name 19 different versions of names. Many…