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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

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    In leaked conversation Obama says US 'rule of law' at risk after Flynn case dropped

    After the justice department dropped charges against Trump’s ex-national security adviser, Obama expressed fear the US is headed in a dangerous direction Barack Obama on 29 September 2019. Photograph: Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images Barack Obama has reportedly said the “rule of law is at risk” in the US, after the justice department said it […] More

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    CNN's Don Lemon tells Trump to stop peddling 'crap' and 'conspiracy theories'

    Anchor spoke out Sunday night after Donald Trump retweeted a conspiracy theory about Barack Obama Coronavirus – latest US updates Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Don Lemon is a frequent target of the president’s ire. Photograph: J Countess/Getty Images The CNN anchor Don Lemon spoke directly to Donald Trump on […] More