In the leaked call, the former President Barack Obama described the COVID-19 response as “an absolute chaotic disaster”
Washington| Former President Barack Obama described the COVID-19 response as “an absolute chaotic disaster” during a private call Friday night with people who worked for him in the White House and across his administration.
Obama has stepped away from the brawl even as Donald Trump has accused him and his Democratic administration for a variety of issues related to having sufficient supplies to fight the COVID-19.
The former president believes Democrats must rally behind former Vice President Joe Biden to defeat Trump in November.
In his call with people who served in his administration, on Friday Obama reportedly requested his supporters to get behind Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, who is trying to replace Trump in the November election.
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Obama said the response to the COVID-19 crisis served as a significant reminder for why strong government leadership is required during a global crisis, in a 30-minute conversation with 3,000 members of the Obama Alumni Association.
The United States has entered into a grim situation as it recorded its one-millionth case of COVID-19, about one-third of the entire world’s caseload, as per Johns Hopkins University data.
The United States has the most coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, at nearly 1.3 million cases and over 78,000 fatalities.
Globally, the total number of COVID-19 cases topped 4,000,000 while the death toll crossed 280,000, as per the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
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