Published 12:39 IST, October 28th 2020

Obama lambasts Trump over COVID response, says he turned White house into a 'hot zone'

Former US President Barack Obama, on October 27, said that Donald Trump had turned the “White House into a hot zone” slamming his response to pandemic.

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Former US President Barack Obama, on October 27, said that Donald Trump had turned “White House into a hot zone”. Speaking at a drive-in election rally in Orlando, Florida, he pointed out mishandling of pandemic by his successor and said that cases wouldn’t have been reaching a record high if Trump had been focused since beginning.  His remarks were made as nationwide toll of COVID-19 reached 8,778,680, a tally by John Hopkins University stated. 

"And over weekend his chief of staff -- and I'm quoting here, I'm t making this up -- his chief of staff on a news program said, ''We're t going to control pandemic.'' Yes, he did and yes, we ticed," said Obama.

Obama slams Trump

Obama also hit Trump for saying "t much" when asked if he would change his response to coronavirus pandemic. "t much? t much? Really? t much? You can’t think of anything you might be doing differently," Obama said, pointing out how Trump had said "inject bleach" into infected people during a White House press conference.

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"Think about how hard tourism industry has been hit here in Orlando, here in Florida," Obama said, pointing out that state has already "lost one spring training season".

Last week, Obama had lambasted Trump for abruptly ending an interview. While speaking at a drive-in rally in Miami, Obama said that US President “got mad and walked out of interview” with 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl, who also believes that Trump is t up to being leader of country. Obama said that Trump “can’t answer a tough question” and refore, it is responsibility of US citizens to ensure that he doesn’t get a second term at White House. former Democratic leader reiterated that Trump’s behaviour earlier this week indicated that he “ain’t all that tough”. 

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12:40 IST, October 28th 2020