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    Coronavirus US live: Trump hits back at 'grossly incompetent' Obama after critical remarks

    Cuomo takes Covid-19 nasal swab test on live TV Peter Navarro: Obama’s administration ‘was kumbaya of incompetence’ Pelosi: Trump firing of Steve Linick could be ‘unlawful if it’s retaliation’ US and UK ‘lead push against global patent pool for Covid-19 drugs’ Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Get a fresh perspective […] More

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    Trump accuses Obama of being 'grossly incompetent' after his coronavirus criticism

    Former president rebuked Trump administration’s response to pandemic, which has killed almost 90,000 Americans so far Screengrab of former President Barack Obama speaking to graduating students. Photograph: Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF & XQ Donald Trump has hit back at Barack Obama’s criticism of his administration’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, accusing the former US […] More

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    Trump accuses Obama of 'gross incompetence' – video

    Play Video 0:44 Donald Trump has given his first public response to Barack Obama’s criticism of the current administration’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘Look, he was an incompetent president, that’s all I can say. Grossly incompetent,’ said Trump when asked about Obama’s comments on Sunday Coronavirus US live: Trump hits back at ‘grossly incompetent’ Obama after […] More

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    Obama criticises Trump in virtual graduation speech – video

    Play Video 3:05 The former US president attacked the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual commencement ceremony for historically black colleges and universities on Saturday. Barack Obama told graduates: ‘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 […] More

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    Barack Obama attacks Trump administration's response to coronavirus pandemic

    Former president breaks tradition of refraining from criticism of successor, while also highlighting the high-profile killing of Ahmaud Arbery Play Video 3:05 Obama criticises Trump in virtual graduation speech – video Barack Obama attacked the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic during a speech on Saturday. The comments are a rare rebuke of a […] More

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    'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama

    ‘It eats him alive inside’: Trump’s latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama Donald Trump with Barack Obama at Trump’s inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, USA on January 20, 2017. Photograph: J. Scott Applewhite/Pool/Getty Images The president seems more interested in blaming his predecessor than tackling the coronavirus – so what’s driving Trump’s […] More

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    Mitch McConnell: Obama 'should have kept his mouth shut' – video

    Play Video 0:37 The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has said Barack Obama should have ‘kept his mouth shut’ instead of criticising Donald Trump, and called his intervention ‘classless’. McConnell was speaking to Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump in an online fundraiser on Monday night McConnell tells Obama to ‘keep his mouth shut’ after Trump criticism More

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    McConnell tells Obama to 'keep his mouth shut' after Trump criticism

    Comments on Flynn case and coronavirus response were leaked Senate majority leader calls former president ‘classless’ Barack Obama described Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic as ‘an absolute chaotic disaster’. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images In an extraordinary statement against a former president, the Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has told Barack […] More