➡️ Hold out its way of doing business as a model, and
➡️ Exacerbate fissures in the transatlantic relationship
In particular, state media accounts on Twitter are pushing back on the characterization of #COVID as the "China Virus" by U.S. officials. (These tweets also made the top ten.)
➡️ It's here to help America's allies in Europe when the US itself is not
➡️ The US response isn't just feckless, but xenophobic
All the while casting doubt, Russia-style, on the origins of the virus.