CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/TRADE DEALS: “But I have to tell you, four days ago, the corn order was the largest corn order in the history of ordering corn. It was the biggest China ordered… The biggest order in the history of corn. Then they did, if you look at soybeans, it was the largest soybean order in history, in history, and also beef cattle, et cetera.
So it just shows you how smart China is. We sign a deal and the [coronavirus] plague comes in. It might’ve been a mistake. It might’ve been on purpose. Who knows what happened? We’ll figure it out. But whatever it was, it was no good. They could have stopped it. But they know my attitude, I don’t like it. I don’t like it.”
-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Speech: Donald Trump Delivers a Campaign Speech on the Economy in Wisconsin – August 17, 2020,” factba.se, Aug. 17, 2020