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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia- Former President of the United States (USA), Barack Obama, considers that the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic by President Donald Trump is really chaotic. Currently, the United States is a global pandemic epicenter with positive cases of almost 1.3 million and the death of 77 thousand people.
Trump has been criticized for basically abandoning his leadership role when the United States had to go through one of the worst crises in a century. It is considered to leave their states to fight alone in the fight against this pandemic, including negotiating by obtaining critical medical equipment on the open market or abroad.
Additionally, Trump is considered to underestimate the threat posed by this virus and wasted valuable time throughout February. Where the United States did not prepare test kits and medical devices, or developed a cooperative national strategy.
Trump is seen as only pursuing his own political interests and aggressively encouraging countries to reopen a devastated economy, with no clear plan on how to do so safely.
“What we are fighting against is a long-term trend, which is selfish, divided, and seeing others as enemies becomes a powerful boost in the life of the United States,” Obama told his former staff, quoted by Straitstimes, Sunday (05/10/2020).
According to him, this made the response to the world crisis so weak and disorderly.
“It will get worse, even with the government’s efforts. This has been a disaster that has altered the mindset, ‘what’s in it for me,’ when that mindset also adapted to our government,” he said.
In a web leak with former members of his administration, Obama said the Justice Department decision to drop the charges on Michael Flyn, Trump’s former national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in a Russian investigation. , endangered the rule of law in the United States.
“Those are the things you start to worry about because the foundation, not just institutional norms, but our basic understanding of the rule of law is risky,” he said.
In the audio, which was first obtained by Yahoo News, Obama urged his former staff to join him in a rally behind Joe Biden as he prepared to face Trump in the November presidential election.
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