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Donald Trump criticized Barack Obama amid a tweet attack Sunday in response to criticism from his predecessor of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The president took a hit on the former president and his number 2, and bragged 2020 Democratic nominee Joe Biden, for his handling of the 2009 swine flu outbreak.
“We are getting excellent marks for handling the CoronaVirus pandemic, especially the early BAN of people from China, the infectious source, entering the US,” Trump promoted on Twitter Sunday morning.
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.
Trump’s more than 50 comments early Sunday morning ended just after 8:00 a.m. with a “HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!”
The tweets and forwards covered a variety of topics, from criticizing ‘fake news’, to investigations involving Russian interference, to the Justice Department withdrawing the Michael Flynn case and the country beginning to reopen.
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.
Some comments pointed to Obama and came just two days after the former president said Friday that the current administration’s response to the COVID-19 crisis has been an “absolute chaotic disaster.”
Several retweets of the Twitter complaint included more criticism than Obama knew about the details surrounding former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s call with Russian diplomat Sergey Kislyak.
Flynn’s case was dropped last week, prompting Obama to claim during the private call, where he also insulted the president’s coronavirus response, that the United States’ ‘rule of law’ is at risk.
Trump also shared other tweets that highlighted alleged actions that he said were problematic during the Obama presidency.
‘A pattern? Obama’s IRS targeted conservatives ahead of the 2012 election. The Obama FBI attacked President Trump and his allies before the 2016 election. Scary! ‘ Trump’s ally and Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan tweeted Saturday.
Trump republished the comment Sunday morning, adding: ‘… And we caught them and their illegal activities!’
Obama blamed the current occupant of the Oval Office and his allies for exacerbating ‘tribal’ tensions across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, which he said has hampered the effort to reduce the total number of cases across the country.
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.”
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, have 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 also be screened daily.
