唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统周四证实，他看到的证据让他高度相信冠状病毒源自中国武汉的一个实验室。
美国情报官员周四表示确认的他们正在探索这种新型疾病从武汉实验室泄漏的可能性，证实新闻周刊这是关于这个问题的报道。
在特朗普今天在白宫发表关于保护美国老年人的讲话时，一名记者问总统，他是否看到了任何让他“高度自信”的东西，即COVID-19的发源地是武汉病毒学研究所。
“是的。是的，我有，”特朗普回应道。“我认为世界卫生组织应该为自己感到羞耻，因为他们就像是中国的公共关系机构。”
“当人们犯下可怕的错误时，他们不应该找借口，尤其是那些导致全世界成千上万人死亡的错误，”总统继续说道。"我认为世界卫生组织应该为自己感到羞耻。"
当被问及他对来自武汉实验室有多有信心时，特朗普拒绝回答。“我不允许告诉你这些，”他说。
活动早些时候，特朗普被问及中国习近平主席是否应对冠状病毒爆发负责。“我不想这么说，但肯定可以阻止，”总统说。“我希望他们阻止它。全世界都希望他们能阻止这一切。”
白宫拒绝了新闻周刊的进一步评论请求。
2020年4月30日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在DC首都华盛顿白宫东厅就保护美国老年人免受COVID-19流感大流行发表演讲。
最近几周，北京和华盛顿就各自应对全球流感大流行的方式进行了交锋，双方都试图将责任推给对方。
特朗普政府的四名高级官员告诉记者华盛顿邮报今天，官员们已经开始探索对中国处理疫情的惩罚。该报告显示，一些官员建议美国取消对北京的部分债务。当被要求在周四发表评论时，特朗普还威胁对中国大陆使用关税作为报复。
国家情报局局长办公室今天发表声明，维持他们以前的立场，即没有人为干预病毒的爆发，但指出疾病的起源需要进一步检查。
该办公室的声明称:“整个情报界一直在为美国决策者和应对COVID-19病毒的人提供关键支持。”。“情报界也同意广泛的科学共识，即COVID-19病毒不是人造的，也不是转基因的。”
中国官员为他们对疫情的处理进行了辩护，并否认了病毒源自实验室的指控。
中国外交部发言人耿爽在周二的新闻发布会上说，“美国政客们一再无视事实，并且一直在赤裸裸地撒谎。”。“他们只有一个目标:推卸自己在防疫和控制措施上的责任，转移公众的注意力。”
冠状病毒爆发最初于2019年12月在湖北武汉发现，随后蔓延至全球，截至4月30日，全球已有233，000人死亡。自一月份以来，美国情报官员已经提出了各种关于大流行起源的理论。
在中国疫情爆发的早期阶段，大多数评估将首批病例追溯到武汉的一个户外海鲜市场。自那以后，中国积极的遏制措施大大减缓了病毒的传播，北京方面最近几周也在缓慢地重新开放该国。
TRUMP SAYS HE'S SEEN CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT CORONAVIRUS ORIGINATED IN WUHAN LAB, THREATENS RETALIATION
President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed he has seen evidence that gives him a high degree of confidence that the coronavirus originated from a lab in Wuhan, China.
U.S. Intelligence officials on Thursday confirmed they were exploring the possibility that the novel disease leaked from a Wuhan lab, confirming Newsweek's reporting on the subject.
During Trump's remarks on protecting America's seniors at the White House today, a reporter asked the president whether he has seen anything that gives him "a high degree of confidence" that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was where COVID-19 had originated from.
"Yes. Yes, I have," Trump responded. "And I think that the World Health Organization should be ashamed of themselves, because they're like the public relations agency for China."
"They shouldn't be making excuses when people make horrible mistakes, especially mistakes that are causing hundreds of thousands of people around the world to die," the president continued. "I think the World Health Organization should be ashamed of themselves."
When asked how confident he feels that it came from a Wuhan lab, Trump declined to answer. "I'm not allowed to tell you that," he said.
Earlier during the event, Trump was asked whether Chinese President Xi Jinping should be held responsible for the coronavirus outbreak. "I don't want to say that, but certainly it could have been stopped," the president said. "I wish they stopped it. The whole world wishes they stopped it."
The White House declined Newsweek's request for further comment.
US President Donald Trump speaks on protecting Americas seniors from the COVID-19 pandemic in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 30, 2020.
Beijing and Washington has traded jabs in recent weeks over their respective handling of the global pandemic, with each attempting to shift the blame onto the other.
Four senior Trump administration officials told the Washington Post today that officials have started exploring punishments for China's handling of the outbreak. The report revealed that some officials have suggested the U.S. should wipe some of its debt obligations to Beijing. When asked to comment on Thursday, Trump also threatened the use of tariffs against the mainland as retaliation.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a statement today maintaining their previous position regarding the absence of human intervention pertaining to virus' outbreak but noted that the origins of the disease will require further examination.
"The entire Intelligence Community has been consistently providing critical support to U.S. policymakers and those responding to the COVID-19 virus," the office's statement read. "The Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified."
Chinese officials have defended their handling of the outbreak and denied allegations that the virus originated from a lab.
"American politicians have repeatedly ignored the truth and have been telling barefaced lies," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a press conference on Tuesday. "They have only one objective: shirk their responsibility for their own poor epidemic prevention and control measures, and divert public attention."
The coronavirus outbreak was initially identified in Wuhan, Hubei in December 2019, before it then spread around the world, killing 233,000 globally as of April 30. Since January, U.S. intelligence officials have proposed various theories about the pandemic's origins.
In the early stages of the outbreak in China, most assessments traced the first cases to an outdoor seafood market in Wuhan. China's aggressive containment methods have since slowed the virus' spread drastically and Beijing has been slowly reopening the country in recent weeks.
