Barack Obama Criticizes Donald Trump’s<br />Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Former President Barack Obama recently<br />delivered a searing critique of Donald Trump’s<br />administration during a private call on May 8. Obama reportedly described the administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as “an absolute chaotic disaster.” Barack Obama,<br />via CNN He also referenced the upcoming election, stating the need to<br />fix a nation that Trump had caused to become “divided.” Barack Obama,<br />via CNN Trump has since fired back at Obama,<br />tweeting that he and Joe Biden “didn’t have a clue”<br />how to handle the 2009 H1N1 swine flu outbreak. Donald Trump,<br />via Twitter According to the CDC, swine flu in the U.S. resulted<br />in 12,500 deaths. So far, COVID-19 has caused<br />81,157 recorded deaths in the country.
