新冠疫情暴發(fā)以來,特朗普反復(fù)宣稱“病毒會神奇消失”,遭到公共衛(wèi)生專家駁斥。如今,他的二兒子埃里克·特朗普(Eric Trump)也公開附和這一說法,稱“今年11月3日大選之后,新冠肺炎疫情就會“突然神奇地消失”(“Coronavirus will magically, all of a sudden go away and disappear”)。
當(dāng)?shù)貢r間16日,埃里克在??怂剐侣劰?jié)目中拋出驚人言論。他表示,這場已導(dǎo)致上百萬美國人感染、近9萬美國人死亡的疫情是“民主黨的騙局”,目的是打壓特朗普舉行競選集會。
The president’s middle son accused the Democratic Party of engineering the coronavirus pandemic to keep his father from hosting campaign rallies, he said during an appearance on Fox News Saturday. According to Eric Trump, the virus will disappear after election day, November 3.
“他們(民主黨)就是想奪走他最重要的資產(chǎn),那就是美國人民對他的愛戴。(They're trying to deprive him of his greatest asset, which is the fact that the American people love him.)”
埃里克攻擊民主黨目前唯一的總統(tǒng)參選人喬·拜登(Joe Biden)“熱愛疫情”,因?yàn)橐咔樽屗庥谥苯訁⑴c競選造勢,降低了拋頭露面犯錯誤的幾率。
He said the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, "loves" the pandemic because it allows him to avoid the campaign trail.
“拜登每次上臺演講都會犯一些特別愚蠢的錯誤。他就算在地下室里直播也每天都在出丑。所以他不再拋頭露面,他的競選團(tuán)隊(duì)?wèi)?yīng)該很開心。”
"Biden can't go on stage without making some horrible blunder. I mean even from his basement he's making awful gaffes every single day. So, his campaign is thrilled that he's not going out there," said Eric Trump.
埃里克此番言論一出,立即遭到社交媒體上大量網(wǎng)友的批評。有網(wǎng)友認(rèn)為埃里克無視科學(xué),且在人命關(guān)天的事情上信口開河,是對逝去者家屬的不尊重。
“既然特朗普說這是場騙局,那意大利和西班牙那么多人又是因?yàn)槭裁此劳龅??這些國家的疫情會不會也在11月3日后消失?”
還有網(wǎng)友吐槽“有其父必有其子”:
“(病毒)不應(yīng)該是上個月就消失了嗎?”
“所以這位美國總統(tǒng)的兒子是在說新冠肺炎只是一場美國民主黨用來阻止他父親去搞競選集會的騙局或陰謀。他們一家子可真是這個國家的禍害啊。”
還有美國網(wǎng)民注意到,暗示新冠肺炎是陰謀的埃里克,似乎是躲在他家的地下室接受的福克斯新聞的遠(yuǎn)程采訪……

綜合來源:商業(yè)內(nèi)幕,今日美國,觀察者網(wǎng),環(huán)球網(wǎng),推特