Fox's Peter Doocy Asks Trump If Russia Plague Is 'Bioweapon'
Trump said he had not spoken with Vladimir Putin about the case and said he was in deep discussions with U.S. officials.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump appeared disaffected and uninterested while addressing the pneumonic plague case in Russia, offering only brief replies to reporters on the White House South Lawn.
- Darya Shipilova, a laboratory technician, died of severe pneumonia in Siberia last week, prompting Russian health officials to quarantine 200 contacts. Rospotrebnadzor announced Wednesday that 90 percent of those quarantined tested negative.
- When asked if American intelligence had further information, Trump claimed he was in "deep discussions" with officials, though he admitted he has not yet spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- An eight-foot-tall gold statue in Strasbourg, France, depicts Trump as "The King of Injustice," showing the president being carried on the back of a much smaller man while holding a golf club.
- Created by Danish sculptor Jens Galschi, "The Orange Plague" statue serves as a satirical outcry against volatile U.S. environmental and foreign policy, positioning art as a vehicle for political protest.
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'Going to find out soon…': Trump responds to Russia plague bioweapon question
US President Donald Trump had been asked whether the reported plague outbreak in Russia could have been a bioweapon. Trump said the administration would find out, but he did not believe that was the case.
'We're going to find out soon enough, but we don't think so,' says president
Donald Trump talks to journalists at the White House Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The President of the United States, Donald Trump, again commented on Wednesday (7) the death of an employee of a research laboratory on the plague in Russia and said he did not believe that the case could be linked to a biological weapon. Reporter: "Is the plague in Russia a biological weapon?" Trump: "Let's find out soon, but we don't believe it. If you hear what they s…
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the death of a Russian plague lab worker did not appear to be related to a biological weapon.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has ruled out for now that the alleged case of plague...
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