Published 09:54 IST, May 25th 2020

Trump justifies golf round as US Covid deaths near 1 lakh as 'exercise; first in 3 months'

Trump slammed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Former US President Barack Obama after Netizens questioned him over playing golf amid Covid.

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US President Donald Trump on Monday slammed presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and former US President Barack Obama after netizens and ors questioned him over playing golf amid COVID-19 crisis, in which 99,300 lives have been lost in US.

Taking to Twitter, Trump defended himself, that while "Sleepy Joe's representatives" questioned him over playing golf, what y did t say is that it was first time in almost three months that he has played golf. 

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He furr alleged that while Biden was "making shady deals" with or countries, Obama was always playing golf. Trump also alleged that Obama was playing golf "immediately after anuncement of a young man's death by ISIS". 

Read: Donald Trump slams 'mail in ballots', warns of ' biggest rigged elections in history'

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'Trying to rig 2020 elections'

With less than six months left for US Presidential elections, Trump stated that  "Democrats are trying to rig 2020 elections" by holding it through  “Mail-in Ballots”. Earlier on Sunday, he slammed idea and termed it as  “greatest rigged elections in history,” he said this could give a change to people to commit forgeries and to "force" people to sign. Warned furr, he wrote that people might even forge names of those absent. In his tweet, American leader also accused his opponents of using COVID-19 for “scam”.

Read: What is Obamagate? Here's what US President Donald Trump's latest attack ory entails

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Trump's attacks on Biden and Obama 

Recently, US President Donald Trump has been slamming his predecessor Barack Obama and his aides, including former Vice President and potential Democratic challenger to Trump's re-election bid Joe Biden, for alleging that he had conspired with Russia to win 2016 elections. Recently, Trump came up with 'Obamagate' narrative after recording of a call between Obama and former members of his administration leaked in which he blamed current US administration for its incapability to handle Coronavirus crisis. Obama had called it "absolute chaotic disaster" and said that "rule of law is at risk".

Trump hasn't quite been able to explain what Obamagate is, though he's been talking about it n-stop, often just tweeting 'OBAMAGATE'. 

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Read: Trump's campaign to spend $1 million on advertisements against Biden over 'black' remark

Meanwhile, Trump's campaign is planning to launch a $1 million advertising attack against Joe Biden over his controversial comment on black voters. According to international media reports, campaign will be launched in a digital form and will revolve around two things -- a video mont centered around Biden's comments and an advertisement that will focus on Biden's role in an 1994 crime bill. 

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09:54 IST, May 25th 2020