US election: Obama blasts Donald Trump as Biden campaign heats up

- Retired president Barack Obama has accused Donald Trump of running down every good thing he inherited from him at The White House

- He blamed Trump for careless handling of the COVID-19 pandemic despite having a pandemic handling "playbook" handed over to him when he assumed power

- Obama touted Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris as best placed to reposition America back on the rails after being "messed up by Trump"

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Former US president Barack Obama has for the first time come out guns blazing and rebuked the administration of President Donald Trump, terming the incumbent as a person who destroyed every good thing he inherited from him at The White House.

Speaking in Philadelphia on Wednesday, October 21, when he joined the presidential campaigns for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, the former head of state accused Trump of changing the world's view of America to negative.

Obama further called out Trump for "working towards only helping himself and his friends" stating that this had made citizens detest politics.

"Trump wants full credit for the economy he inherited but zero blame for the pandemic that he ignored. But you know what? The job doesn't work that way. Tweeting at the television doesn't help. You need to work and have a plan.

I never thought Donald Trump would embrace my vision or continue my polices, but I did hope for the sake of the country, that he might show some interest in taking the job seriously," Obama said as the audience who were in their cars honked horns in approval.

On the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Obama described Trump's decisions as careless.

According to the ex-president, Trump was treating the pandemic as "reality show" yet it was reality.

"I left at the white house a pandemic playbook that would have shown them how to respond. But we don't know where that playbook went. Eight months into the pandemic, cases are rising again in this country. Donald Trump doesn't sound like he will protect all of us...He can't even take the basic steps to protect himself," Obama said in reference to Trump's recent positive COVID-19 diagnosis.

I can tell you the presidency doesn't tell who you are but it reveals who you are. Joe Biden has revealed himself to be a friend of working people. Joe, for eight years, was the last person to leave the decision-making room...He made me a better president. He and Kamala are going to be in the fight, not for themselves, but for every single one of us," he continued.

According to a report by CNN on Thursday, October 22, it is not common for former presidents to wade deeply into politics and disapprove of their predecessor's reigns, but Obama and Trump seem to be rewriting the script.

Trump has, however, downplayed Obama's campaigns for Biden stating that he was not shaken by his debut since he (Obama) had also campaigned "harder for Hilary Clinton".

“Somebody said, ‘Sir, maybe this isn’t good. President Obama is campaigning for sleepy Joe Biden.’ I said, 'That’s good news or bad news? Tell me, are you saying it’s good or it’s bad?' ‘Well, I guess it’s bad.’ No, it’s good,”

“There is nobody that campaigned harder for 'crooked' Hillary Clinton than Obama. He was all over the place.” Trump was quoted by Foxnews.

In a separate story, Briefly.co.za reported that Trump and Biden will face off for their last presidential debate where they will articulate their manifestos to the electorate.

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Source: Briefly News