Convention Dem. Obama: Trump has failed, he is a threat to democracy
Obama attacks the Trump administration: he doesn't know what he is doing
Obama supports Biden: "In a dark moment he will be able to guide us"
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October 22, 2020 Two weeks after the vote, on the day before the last public debate, former President Barack Obama returned to attack Donald Trump hard, during an electoral drive-in in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Obama, referring to the President of the United States, pointed the finger at the "way of insulting anyone who does not support him or threatening to send him to jail": "It is not normal behavior for a President - he added - We could not tolerate it by the headmaster of a high school, we couldn't tolerate it from the coach, we couldn't tolerate it from a colleague. We couldn't tolerate it in our family, except maybe from a crazy uncle. "
Obama went on to criticize Donald Trump who "used his role as a reality show where he had to get attention".
"I never thought - he explained again - that Trump would embrace my vision but I hoped, for the good of the country, that he could show interest in taking the job seriously. But it didn't happen. He doesn't care about helping himself and his friends. friends. And in any case, his reality show had low ratings. "
"Donald Trump has shown he is incapable of taking the job seriously" and has shown no interest in "helping anyone but himself and his friends" is Obama's judgment on Trump's four-year presidency.
"Let's not let - concluded Obama - this election leave us regrets because the President has already said," if the result is uncertain, I'll invent something. "He is ready to do so, so we must not leave any doubt, not we have to be complacent. I don't care about polls. Go and vote and get others to do it. "
Barack Obama then defended the reasons for the protests that swept through American cities after the death of some African Americans: "They said that protesting was anti-American - he attacked - instead it is profoundly American to protest in the name of justice, it is the foundation of America" .
Obama never called Trump by name, but he offered fierce criticism of his successor's handling of the coronavirus.
He pointed out that Trump recently said there is "not much" that will change about the US response to the pandemic that has killed over 220,000 people in the US.
"Really?"
Obama asked.
"Not much? Can't think of anything that could help some people keep their loved ones alive?"
Obama then commented on the news that Trump has a secret bank account in China.
"How is that possible? A secret Chinese bank account," Obama wondered.
"Can you imagine if I had a secret Chinese bank account when I was running for re-election?"
Obama asked.
"They would have called me Beijing Barry."
And when he pointed out that Trump inherited a booming economy from him, Obama added, but "just like everything else he inherited, he got it all wrong."
The former president has once again confirmed himself as the most effective supporter of Joe Biden's candidacy and a key factor in encouraging Blacks, Latinos and young voters to go and vote.