Trump Says ‘We’re Willing to Work With Anybody,’ Even China, If They Produce COVID-19 Vaccine

Even if China is the country to find a successful vaccine for COVID-19 first, President Donald Trump made it clear his administration is “willing to work with anybody.”

As the president returned to holding coronavirus press briefings on Tuesday, Trump was asked about “a study by a Chinese company” that “showed some promising results for its coronavirus vaccine candidate,” as a reporter mentioned.

“If China were first in developing the vaccine, or even if it weren’t, would the administration be willing to work with China to bring a successful Chinese vaccine to the U.S.?” the reporter asked.

Trump responded, “Yeah, we’re willing to work with anybody that’s going to get us a good result.”

“We’re very close to the vaccine. I think we’re going to have some very good results,” he continued.

The president later added, “I think you’re going to see something over the next fairly short period of time, maybe very short period of time, having to do with therapeutics and vaccines that are very good.”

See Trump’s comments (starting at (25:15):

Though he is willing to work with China if there is a successful vaccine, Trump continued to refer to the coronavirus as the “China virus” during Tuesday’s briefing.

“The China virus is a vicious and dangerous illness, but we’ve learned a great deal about it and who it targets,” he said in his opening remarks.