US President Donald Trump criticized Democratic Vice President nominee Kamala Harris on Tuesday saying that she is not well liked and that it would be "an insult" to the US if she becomes the President.
"People don`t like Kamala Harris -- nobody likes her. She can never be the first woman president of the US. It will be an insult to our country," Trump said while addressing a rally in North Carolina. In his attack, Trump said that it was interesting that Democratic President nominee Joe Biden picked Harris as his running mate in the upcoming elections despite her leaving the Presidential race.
"She left the race (for president) and it`s interesting that they picked her because, in theory, they should win California but I don`t know, we will make them play for that. You always pick someone who is going up in the polls," Trump added.
"It's very simple to remember - if Biden wins, China wins, it is as simple as that. You have a situation where we build the greatest economy in the history of the world and we were forced to close it because the China plague came in and now we have opened it (the economy)," Trump said at a rally in North Carolina.
He further said that "it was clear" why China and the "rioters" want Biden to win because "they know his policies will be the downfall of America" Further attacking Kamala Harris, Trump said that it was interesting that Biden picked her as his running mate in the upcoming elections even after she "left the race".
"She left the race (for president) and it's interesting that they picked her because, in theory, they should win California but I don't know, we will make them play for that. You always pick someone who is going up in the polls," Trump added.
Trump further said that he views the trade deal with China "much differently" now than he did before. "We signed a great trade deal (with China) but the ink was not dry when the plague (COVID-19) came in so I view that trade deal much differently than I did before," he said.
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Earlier this week, the US President asserted that a Coronavirus vaccine would be available in record time, maybe by the end of the year and even before the November 3 presidential election. This, he said, had unnerved his political opponents. Biden and Harris "should immediately apologise for the reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric that they are talking right now, talking about endangering lives," Trump said.
Trump asserted that the vaccine -- which could have normally taken two-three years -- would be in the market before the end of the year. "(We) could even have it during the month of October. Contrary to all of the lies, the vaccine will be very safe and very effective, and it will be delivered very soon," he said.
But as per the sources, AstraZeneca vaccines trials are put on hold after an unexpected illness occured in participants.
The US Presidential elections are scheduled to be held on November 3, this year.