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‘A lot them arent even pretending to be in charge’Former US president Barack Obama has criticised the Trump administrations response to the Covid-19 crisis in a rare public rebuke, saying the pandemic shows many officials “aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”
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 theyre doing, he said during an online speech on Saturday. A lot them arent even pretending to be in charge.
Mr Obama was speaking on “Show Me Your Walk, HBCU Edition,” a two-hour event for students graduating from historically black colleges and universities broadcast on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
His remarks were unexpectedly political, given the venue, and touched on current events beyond the virus and its social and economic impacts.
As he congratulated graduates and commiserated over the difficult world they face, the former president noted the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, who was killed while jogging on a residential street in Georgia in February.
“Let’s be honest: A disease like this just spotlights the underlying inequalities and extra burdens that black communicates have historically had to deal with in this country,” Mr Obama said.