By Francis Ogwo
The gloves seem to have come off between the Former President of the United States (U.S.) Barack Obama and his successor over the country’s response to the ongoing health crisis.
Obama had scored low, the competence of officials in charge of the coronavirus pandemic.
The former American number one made this verbal assault during an address to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) broadcast on social media.
“More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,”
In the two hour speech, which did not mention President Trump or his officials, Obama was bent on sending a message across.
“A lot them aren’t even pretending to be in charge,” Obama added.
In another speech made to the High School Class of 2020, Obama told graduating students that the “pandemic means they would have to grow up faster than some other generations, and urged them to “do what you think is right”.
“Doing what feels good, what’s convenient, what’s easy. That’s how little kids think.
“Unfortunately, a lot of so-called grownups, including some with fancy titles and important jobs, still think that way, which is why things are so screwed up,” Obama added.
In response, Donald Trump lashed back at Barack Obama’s criticism of his administration’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, accusing the former US President of being “grossly incompetent” during his time in office.
Trump’s administration has been under critical bashing owing to his response to the Coronavirus pandemic in February, which many terms as fairly lax.
Obama after a meeting by former US Presidents has been said to be silent on criticisms of his successor since he left the White House in 2017.
He had in a comment last week called the U.S. handling of the pandemic “an absolute chaotic disaster,” band also said that “the rule of law was at risk” after criminal charges against former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn were dropped.
Part of Obama’s speech in the university addressed racism in the U.S. and referred to the case of a 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, a black man killed while jogging in February after suffering two shotgun blasts to the chest and another on his wrist, according to an autopsy report released by authorities in the U.S.
