新冠疫情暴发以来，特朗普反复宣称“病毒会神奇消失”，遭到公共卫生专家驳斥。如今，他的二儿子埃里克·特朗普（Eric Trump）也公开附和这一说法，称“今年11月3日大选之后，新冠肺炎疫情就会“突然神奇地消失”（“Coronavirus will magically, all of a sudden go away and disappear”）。
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当地时间16日，埃里克在福克斯新闻节目中抛出惊人言论。他表示，这场已导致上百万美国人感染、近9万美国人死亡的疫情是“民主党的骗局”，目的是打压特朗普举行竞选集会。
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）就是想夺走他最重要的资产，那就是美国人民对他的爱戴。（They're trying to deprive him of his greatest asset, which is the fact that the American people love him.）”
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埃里克攻击民主党目前唯一的总统参选人乔·拜登（Joe Biden）“热爱疫情”，因为疫情让他免于直接参与竞选造势，降低了抛头露面犯错误的几率。
He said the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, "loves" the pandemic because it allows him to avoid the campaign trail.
“拜登每次上台演讲都会犯一些特别愚蠢的错误。他就算在地下室里直播也每天都在出丑。所以他不再抛头露面，他的竞选团队应该很开心。”
"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.
埃里克此番言论一出，立即遭到社交媒体上大量网友的批评。有网友认为埃里克无视科学，且在人命关天的事情上信口开河，是对逝去者家属的不尊重。
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“既然特朗普说这是场骗局，那意大利和西班牙那么多人又是因为什么死亡的？这些国家的疫情会不会也在11月3日后消失？”
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还有网友吐槽“有其父必有其子”：
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“（病毒）不应该是上个月就消失了吗？”
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“所以这位美国总统的儿子是在说新冠肺炎只是一场美国民主党用来阻止他父亲去搞竞选集会的骗局或阴谋。他们一家子可真是这个国家的祸害啊。”
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还有美国网民注意到，暗示新冠肺炎是阴谋的埃里克，似乎是躲在他家的地下室接受的福克斯新闻的远程采访……
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综合来源：商业内幕，今日美国，观察者网，环球网，推特
