Trump Blames Obama For Fumbled Pandemic Response

If President Donald Trump can find a way to blame his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, for something, he likely will — including coronavirus.

At a news conference on Wednesday, Trump told reporters, “The Obama Administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing, and we undid that decision a few days ago so that testing can take place in a much more accurate and rapid fashion.”

A reporter later asked Trump to clarify what he meant by an “Obama-era rule that you had changed regarding this virus. I didn’t follow that.” And when Trump and Vice President Mike Pence responded to the reporter, there was still a lack of clarity. Continue reading.