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October 6, 2020 The previous day, Hu celebrated Trump’s illness as “paying the price†for mishandling the coronavirus pandemic in a now-deleted tweet. “President Trump and the First Lady have paid the price for his gamble to play down the Covid-19 [Chinese coronavirus],†Hu crowed in the Twitter message he would later delete. “The news shows the severity of the U.S. pandemic situation. It will impose a negative impact on the image of Trump and the U.S., and may also negatively affect his re-election.†Hu’s editorial on Saturday made no mention of the controversial post he deleted. Instead, he recalled...
