Trump Says Pandemic Shows Era Of Globalization Is Over

President Donald Trump said virus-related disruption to supply chains has exposed the vulnerability of Americas reliance on sources in foreign countries, adding that he believes that the days of “globalists” have come to an end.

Trump made the remarks in an interview with Fox Businesss Maria Bartiromo that aired Thursday.

“Its all going to be back together,” Trump said hopefully, replying to a question about how long international travel restrictions would remain in place to prevent further spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, the novel coronavirus that emerged from China last year and causes the disease COVID-19.

“In many ways, weve learned a lot. And were going to bring back manufacturing that we could never have done without this, as bad as this has been,” Trump said, referring to the push for re-shoring of key supply chains after the pandemic-driven surge in demand for medical supplies like personal protective equipment and ventilators was met with dramatic shortages of the mostly foreign-made gear.

“They become embedded, its almost like it becomes a way of life,” Trump said of the entrenched business interests of who he would later in the interview refer to as “globalists.”

“Its about our country, its not about the world, we have to fix our country,” Trump said of some of the lessons the pandemic has delivered to supply chain design.

The president said while America aspires to leadership on the world stage, it must not come at the expense of domestic interests.

“Years ago, we made our product, we didnt rely on everybody in the world,” he said, adding, “theyre globalists. Theyre people that think we have to make the world wealthy at our expense.”

“Those days are over,” Trump said, adding, “and if nothing else, over the last two months, its been proven to be right.”

Responding to a question about evidence members of Trumps administration claim to have seen linking the virus to a virology lab in Wuhan, the president placed responsibility for the outbreak on the Chinese regime, but stopped short of accusing them of intentionally allowing the deadly bug to spread.

“They made a decision to allow it to escape its borders?” Bartiromo asked.

“I dont know if they made the decision, but it got out of control,” Trump said. “More likely it got out of control.”

Trump said the pandemic highlights the vulnerabilities of globalized supply chains.

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