US was doing great until it was hit by China's coronavirus: Donald Trump

"China's secrecy, deceptions, and cover-ups allowed it to spread all over the world and China must be held fully accountable."

The US was doing great until it got hit by a virus that came from China, said President Donald Trump on America's 244th Independence Day.

"The power of tariffs being imposed on foreign lands that took advantage of the United States for decades enabled us to make great trade deals where there were none. Tens of billions of dollars are now paid to the US treasury by the same countries but then we got hit by the virus that came from China," Trump said.

He further said, "We're producing gowns, masks, and surgical equipment...It was almost exclusively made in foreign lands, in