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Last night, Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Barack Obama after his predecessor criticized his ‘chaotic’ coronavirus response in a leaked conference call.
Responding to a tweet that Obama “is the first former president to speak out against his successor,” Trump wrote: “They caught him, OBAMAGA!”
It comes after a recording of Obama’s half-hour web call with the Obama Alumni Association leaked on Friday, during which he claimed that Trump’s response to the COVID-19 crisis had been an “absolute chaotic mess “
Several of Trump’s tweets claimed that Obama knew the details of a call between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russian diplomat Sergey Kislyak in 2016, at the center of what Trump calls the “impeachment scam.”
Flynn’s case was dropped last week, prompting Obama to tell his alumni on Friday that America’s “rule of law” is at risk.
Last night, Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Barack Obama after his predecessor criticized his ‘chaotic’ coronavirus response in a leaked conference call.
Several of Trump’s tweets claimed that Obama knew the details of a call between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russian diplomat Sergey Kislyak in 2016, at the center of what Trump calls the “impeachment scam.”
In response, Trump re-tweeted Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) who said: “The Obama FBI attacked President Trump and his allies before the 2016 election. Scary!” Trump added: ‘… And we caught them and their illegal activities!’
Trump retweeted this image last night and wrote: ‘OBAMAGAR’
Trump was also interested in highlighting how his administration had dealt with Beijing compared to Obama’s welcoming relationship with President Xi Jinping, which had ‘allowed China’ to become the superpower of the dominant dictatorship that it is. ”
“We are getting excellent marks for managing the CoronaVirus pandemic, especially the early BAN of people from China, the infectious source, entering the United States,” Trump tweeted.
Compare that to the Obama / Sleepy Joe disaster known as H1N1 swine flu. Bad brands, bad polls, I had no idea!
About a year after Obama took office, the H1N1 pandemic hit the United States, and in October 2009, it declared the outbreak as a national emergency.
Last week, Obama blamed Trump for exacerbating “tribal” tensions across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, which he says has hampered the effort to reduce the total number of cases across the country.
Responding to a tweet that Obama “is the first former president to speak out against his successor,” Trump wrote: “They caught him, OBAMAGA!”
The audio of the web call where Obama made the comments was obtained by Yahoo News, who later released a report on the details of the call on Friday.
“What we are fighting against is against these long-term trends where being selfish, being tribal, being divided, and seeing others as enemies has become a stronger drive in American life,” said the former president. .
“And by the way, we are also seeing it internationally,” Obama continued. “It is part of the reason why the response to this global crisis has been so anemic and irregular.”
“It would have been bad even with the best governments,” he said. “It has been an absolutely chaotic mess when that mindset, of” what’s in it for me “and” to screw everyone else, “when that mindset is operational in our government.”
Donald Trump criticized former President Barack Obama for his response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic after his predecessor criticized the current response to the coronavirus crisis
The president released a speech of more than 50 tweets on Sunday morning covering a wide variety of topics.
He promoted the country by starting to end blockades and orders to stay home at the state and local levels by tweeting an image of his Los Angeles golf course, which has now reopened and accepted reservations.
The tirade ended just after 8:00 a.m. on Sunday wishing everyone a ‘HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!’
Trump also pointed to Obama in a few other tweets and forwardings for issues unrelated to pandemic responses.
He also reaffirmed his support for his former vice president and the alleged Democratic candidate: “ So, by the way, I am going to spend as much time as necessary and campaign as hard as I can for Joe Biden. ‘
There are currently more than 1.3 million coronavirus cases and 78,000 deaths in the US. And several state and local governments have begun reopening and finalizing the shutdown and orders to stay home after months of economic downturn.
Trump boasted on Sunday in one of his tweets: “How nice to see our country begin to open up again!” Including a picture of his reopening of his Los Angeles club for golfers.
Excluding campaign speeches during the 2018 midterm elections, Obama has remained silent since Trump took office and replaced him after defeating Hillary Clinton in 2016, especially avoiding directly criticizing the current president by name.
Obama’s comments about the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic were a much sharper attack on his successor than he has made in the past.
The tweets came just two days after Obama (left) criticized Trump’s (right) handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as an ‘absolute chaotic mess’ during a web call where some comments were posted on Friday.
The claim comes as state and local governments begin to initiate and implement reopening plans as the death toll in the US USA Approaching 80,000 and there are more than 1.34 million confirmed cases
Last month, Obama offered veiled criticism of Trump about the COVID-19 crisis, alleging that there was no “coherent national plan” to address the outbreak.
“As we continue to wait for a coherent national plan to navigate this pandemic, states like Massachusetts are beginning to adopt their own public health plans to combat this virus, before it is too late,” the former president tweeted.
Obama used the tweet to launch an attack on the president, but he also praised Massachusetts for its response to the pandemic with a New York article titled: It is not too late to commit an offense against the coronavirus.
As various states continue to regret that they do not have the supplies to administer enough tests, some have taken matters into their own hands.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker launched a plan for large-scale testing across the state, which will be used to implement effective quarantine and treatment systems.
The state was able to increase the number of tests administered from just 41 on March 9 to more than 8,000 before April 17.
Obama also attacked his successor in late March when Trump signed the CARES Act to provide $ 2.2 trillion in economic stimulus and relief for Americans and small businesses.
“We have seen horribly the consequences of those who denied warnings of a pandemic,” the two-term Democrat tweeted last month.
On April 22, Obama launched a veiled attack on Trump without using the president’s name, alleging that there is no ‘coherent national plan’ for the coronavirus response
Obama also praised Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s (left) response to the virus, and in his tweet linked to an article about the state that dramatically increases its testing capabilities.
‘We cannot afford more consequences of climate denial. All of us, especially young people, need to better demand our government at all levels and vote this fall, ” he continued at the time.
This electoral year has been changed by the pandemic. With no vaccine in sight and increasing the number of cases, some states have gradually reopened their economies, while others have maintained a blockade.
The Trump administration has been scrutinized for its response to the pandemic.
Reports in various media outlets indicated that Trump downplayed the severity of the coronavirus even when his own experts urged him to take it seriously.
Senior Trump administration officials such as Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and trade adviser Peter Navarro reportedly raised the alarm about a pandemic that hit the U.S. coast in late January, but the president He ignored the warnings.
Critics said the valuable time lost could have been used to scale up tests and provide medical professionals with adequate supplies of personal protective equipment to better cope with the pandemic.
Trump has also been criticized for mixed messages: promoting social distancing and preventive measures, on the one hand, but then urging his supporters to ‘liberate’ the states through mass protests on the other.
The President has also made comments that have provoked ridicule and contempt from the public, including his suggestion that cleaning disinfectants could be ingested into the body to treat COVID-19.
Trump, for his part, has claimed that his decision to close travel from China saved lives, although the administration has allowed flights from China that carry U.S. citizens and legal residents to continue to land in the country.
Island Harvest Food Bank workers working in conjunction with the Nourish New York initiative distribute locally produced products to people in need of food assistance in Massapequa, New York on Friday
The record unemployment rate reported on Friday captured the grief of a nation where tens of millions of jobs suddenly disappeared, devastating the economy and forcing Trump to overcome historic headwinds to win a second term.
Just a few months ago, Trump planned to campaign for reelection in the wake of a robust economy, but with an unemployment rate of 14.7 percent, the highest since the Great Depression, some states crucial to Trump’s victory are suffering financially. .
The President is now tasked with convincing voters that the catastrophic job losses were the result of the pandemic, not his management of the public health crisis.
President Donald Trump talks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Press Room of the White House in Washington, while Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of response to the coronavirus of the White House, listens (file photo)
The CDC report provided information for business owners on when it was safe to reopen. Photo Shows: Tennessee barber Greg Smith is pictured at work on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, 11 members of the United States Secret Service have recently tested positive for COVID-19, while 23 others have recovered from the disease.
According to the Department of Homeland Security document obtained by Yahoo News, some 60 employees of the agency tasked with protecting President Trump and other top government officials are currently in quarantine due to the outbreak.
Meanwhile, Mike Pence’s press secretary Katie Miller tested positive for the virus on Friday. She had been in recent contact with the vice president. Miller is married Stephen Miller, one of Trump’s top advisers.
The positive test for Katie Miller came a day after White House officials confirmed that a member of the military serving as one of Trump’s valets had tested positive for COVID-19.
The Trump valet case marked the first known case in which a person who has approached the president has tested positive since several people present at his private Florida club were diagnosed with COVID-19 in early March.
The valet tested positive on Wednesday.
The White House was moving to shore up its protection protocols to protect the nation’s political leaders.
Trump said some employees who interact closely with him would now be evaluated daily.
Pence told reporters on Thursday that he and Trump would now also be screened daily.
