Published 08:53 IST, May 3rd 2020
Joe Biden slams Trump for blaming former Obama administration for COVID situation in US
Joe Biden castigated Trump for ignoring the detailed response pandemic playbook put together by Obama’s National Security Council amid the COVID-19 outbreak
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Former Vice President of United States Joe Biden slammed his election rival and US President Donald Trump on Sunday for blaming former administration led by Barack Obama for current situation of Coronavirus outbreak in country. Biden castigated Trump for igring detailed response pandemic playbook put toger by Obama’s National Security Council. He furr criticised Trump for guttering office created to tackle pandemic situation and pulling out CDC officials from China.
Taking to Twitter, Biden wrote "We left a playbook. He igred it. We created an office to prepare for pandemics. He gutted it. We had CDC officials in China to detect and contain outbreaks. He pulled m out. Trump can try and shift blame all he wants, but fact is his actions left us unprepared".
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Biden furr said that pandemic is bigger than any individual or country. This moment requires all of us to come toger across nation and around world to solve this crisis.
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Trump blames former President Obama for Coronavirus menace in US
During a White House presser on Thursday, a reporter asked Trump to explain how it makes sense to blame former President Barack Obama for testing problems pertaining to a virus that didn’t even exist until nearly three years after he left office. To which Trump replied by saying “ last administration left us thing. We started off with bad, broken tests, and obsolete tests". He furr blamed Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden for ir poor handling of 2009 H1N1 flu outbreak, which killed about 12,500 Americans. As of April 30, coronavirus has killed more than 61,000 people in US.
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08:52 IST, May 3rd 2020