Former United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday questioned his successor Donald Trump over his handling of the coronavirus pandem...
Former United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday questioned his successor Donald Trump over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and ridiculed him for hiding his business dealings with China, and evading taxes, CNN reported.
Obama was speaking at a campaign rally on behalf of Democrat contender Joe Biden in Philadelphia. This was his first in-campaign appearance in support of Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris. The presidential election will be held on November 3.
In one of his most direct attacks against Trump, Obama told the audience in Erie, Pennsylvania, that the president visited the area only because the coronavirus hurt his political fortunes. “We cannot afford four more years of this, Philadelphia,” Obama said, according to PTI. “The idea that this White House has done anything but screw this up is just untrue.”
The former president criticised Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, the issue that is dominating the 2020 campaign. “Tweeting at the television doesn’t fix things,” he said. “Making stuff up doesn’t make things better. You’ve got to have a plan. We literally left this White House a pandemic playbook... They probably used it to prop up a wobbly table somewhere.”
He noted that Trump recently said that there is “not much” he would change about the...
