Trump is no coward, and he loves America, but he also is shrewd and knows his priorities. That priority right now is to protect America and get her back on her feet. But he will wait for the right moment, and when it comes China is going to pay dearly for what it unleashed upon the world. An intentional pandemic has never been seen before in history, an indicator of how evil the Communist regime in China really is.
They have stuck their thumb in the eye of a sleeping giant. Already there is chatter about the US defaulting on its debt to China. China has a lot of US paper, and it's time to leave them with it - that is, mere paper. They can frame it and hang it over their bars. Already there are civil suits in the US against China, to the tune of $1.2 trillion. That is just the start.
Chinese investments can be nationalized. Chinese goods boycotted. All US industry should pull out of China. Chinese nationals including students should be sent home. And the rest of the world should follow our lead. I believe they would.
The Chinese people have had a taste of world commerce, and they have seen the freedoms that the rest of the world enjoys. Maybe these sanctions, which would send the Chinese economy back to the Bronze Age, would be enough for them to rise up and claim the rightful ownership of their country.