新冠疫情爆发以来，特朗普重复声称“病毒会奇特消失”，遭到公共卫生专家批驳。现在，他的二儿子埃里克·特朗普（Eric Trump）也揭露赞同这一说法，称“本年11月3日大选之后，新冠肺炎疫情就会“忽然奇特地消失”（“Coronavirus will magically, all of a sudden go away and disappear”）。
当地时间16日，埃里克在福克斯新闻节目中抛出惊人言辞。他表明，这场已导致上百万美国人感染、近9万美国人逝世的疫情是“民主党的圈套”，意图是镇压特朗普举办竞选聚会。
The president’s middle son accused the Democratic Party of engineering the coronavirus pandemic to keep his father from hosting campaign rallies, he said during an appearance on Fox News Saturday. According to Eric Trump, the virus will disappear after election day, November 3.
“他们（民主党）便是想夺走他最重要的财物，那便是美国人民对他的敬爱。（They're trying to deprive him of his greatest asset, which is the fact that the American people love him.）”
埃里克进犯民主党现在仅有的总统参选人乔·拜登（Joe Biden）“酷爱疫情”，由于疫情让他免于直接参与竞选造势，降低了出头露面犯过错的几率。
He said the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, "loves" the pandemic because it allows him to avoid the campaign trail.
“拜登每次上台讲演都会犯一些特别愚笨的过错。他就算在地下室里直播也每天都在出丑。所以他不再出头露面，他的竞选团队应该很高兴。”
"Biden can't go on stage without making some horrible blunder. I mean even from his basement he's making awful gaffes every single day. So, his campaign is thrilled that he's not going out there," said Eric Trump.
埃里克此番言辞一出，当即遭到交际媒体上很多网友的批判。有网友以为埃里克无视科学，且在人命关天的工作上信口开河，是对逝去者家族的不尊重。
“已然特朗普说这是场圈套，那意大利和西班牙那么多人又是由于什么逝世的？这些国家的疫情会不会也在11月3日后消失？”
还有网友吐槽“有其父必有其子”：
“（病毒）不该该是上个月就消失了吗？”
“所以这位美国总统的儿子是在说新冠肺炎仅仅一场美国民主党用来阻挠他父亲去搞竞选聚会的圈套或诡计。他们一家子可真是这个国家的祸患啊。”
还有美国网民注意到，暗示新冠肺炎是诡计的埃里克，似乎是躲在他家的地下室承受的福克斯新闻的长途采访……
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