US election: Barack Obama slams Donald Trump over coronavirus
By DW
26 October 2020 |
6:38 am
The former president was speaking at a rally in support of Democrat candidate Joe Biden. He took incumbent President Donald Trump to task over his handling of the pandemic, white supremacy and lying. Trump hit back.
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