‘Trump Virus’: Blistering new viral ad blasts the President’s anti-Asian slurs, renames pandemic after him

07/08/2020 9:44 am ET • Nellie English

A photograph of Donald Trump's head floats among images of coronavirus cells.

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The President of the United States often refers to SARS-CoV-2 or coronavirus as the “Chinese Flu” or “Kung Flu.” Is Trump that ignorant, or is he trying to shift the blame to China? One thing is sure: Asian-Americans are paying the price for what some are calling the “Trump Virus.”

Hate crimes are on the rise. Asian-Americans are becoming the target of violent hate crimes in the United States. There were over 800 incidents of crimes against Asian people in California in the last three months alone. The spike in cases corresponded with the President’s use of the racial slur names for COVID-19.

In one incident, a man attacked an Asian-American family at a shopping mall in Texas. The father and his two children were all stabbed. The children were just 2 and 6 years old, and the older son was slashed in the face. The FBI has confirmed this was a hate crime.

ReallyAmerican snaps back

ReallyAmerican, the anti-Trump media agency whose videos are causing a storm on social media, released a video on Tuesday. The video captures the racial crisis unfolding in the United States, caused by the President’s racist words. It shows footage of Asian-Americans as the targets of verbal and physical abuse.

Trump takes no responsibility

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A reporter voices her concerns over the effect of terms such as “Kung Flu,” and the President dismisses it: “No, not at all. I think they probably […uh…] would agree with it 100%.”

The video ends by pointing out that the United States has 5% of the global population and 25% of the coronavirus cases. ReallyAmerican makes it blindingly clear: this is the “Trump Virus.”

Twitter thundered in agreement.

An emphatic yes

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Twitter users were 100% onboard with renaming it the Trump Virus.

This is fantastic! One of my neighbors, an American with Asian roots, who gives selflessly to our community, has been harassed weekly. Fortunately no one has laid hands on him…it would not end well for them…he’s a badass. And a great man. #TrumpVirus

— Karma (@KarmadicKarma) July 7, 2020

#TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus #TrumpVirus

— 🌊Arctic_Char #FBR (@Arctic__char) July 7, 2020

But @realDonaldTrump doesn’t believe use of certain terms to describe the virus puts Asian-Americans at risk 🤔 Again, the list of things Trump doesn’t understand would fill volumes‼️ This is most definitely #TrumpsVirus & he is criminally negligent in 1000s of American deaths.

— Nancy Stuever (@nlstuever) July 7, 2020

Worst Outbreak = Worst Leader?

Trump with a confused expression on his face

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There are so many things the President doesn’t understand…or refuses to understand?

But @realDonaldTrump doesn’t believe use of certain terms to describe the virus puts Asian-Americans at risk 🤔 Again, the list of things Trump doesn’t understand would fill volumes‼️ This is most definitely #TrumpsVirus & he is criminally negligent in 1000s of American deaths.

— Nancy Stuever (@nlstuever) July 7, 2020

Trump needs to get his facts straight

George Conway's hilarious list proves Trump has issues with Geography 2

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The United States is leading the world in infections. Soon the rest of the planet may start referring to it as the Trump Virus as well.

Trump continues to call COVID-19 racist names related to where the virus first emerged, Wuhan China, the reality is the strain of coronavirus effecting the US largely originated from Europe. But, Trump doesn’t believe in science or medical professionals. https://t.co/qB8P5QiJmS pic.twitter.com/XGQgNnt4rt

— Jay Hightman (@JayHightmanJr) July 7, 2020

Right now we have more new cases per day than Wuhan had all together. Within a couple of weeks we will have more cases per day then China had all together. Maybe then Donald Trump will call it the United States virus.

— Paul Gundlach (@PaulSGundlach) July 7, 2020

Not so fast

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The United States is the global epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Europe has announced a travel ban on Americans entering their countries. The blame for America’s tragedy cannot be held by China. It can go somewhere, however:

45, has known about Coronavirus, since 12/19.
It became public knowledge in 03/20. It is now 8 months later, and the USA President, is still calling it the China Virus. Does he not know; The Virus is in the USA. Over 140, 000 Americans are Dead. It’s the…….
USA Trump Virus

— havesomerespect (@vivian_terry) July 7, 2020

https://t.co/NJ07tBDvSc

— 𝕄𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕜 𝕄𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 (@menik_monday) July 7, 2020

#TrumpVirus pic.twitter.com/YUc6arGdgv

— Christy Lyne (@lyne_christy) July 7, 2020

As usual, Twitter had some great ideas:

Can we get the WHO to rename it the trump virus? #TrumpVirus

— It’s 1930s Germany. What do you see? Wear a mask! (@robertoardoin) July 7, 2020

Change virus name to CoviDONALD-666

— leglyn (@TwoMilesAbout) July 7, 2020

Ode to the Trump Virus

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A little lullaby to sing him to sleep in his bunker.

Probably missing ‘hearts’ because you must click on it to see the words. pic.twitter.com/5cPr9mG9Yg

— Colleen 🍁 (@Howl_Loudly) July 7, 2020

Sometimes, a picture says a thousand words…

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This one will likely haunt your nightmares.

pic.twitter.com/9lPgPn5OlB

— Gail (@Gail53163806) July 7, 2020