Washington: US President Donald Trump is seeking a second term to help himself and his wealthy friends, Barack Obama has alleged, as he tore into his successor for not having a plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and walking out of an interview.
Seeking support for former vice president Joe Biden, who is the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris, Obama at a drive-in car rally in the battle ground State of Florida on Saturday urged Americans not to give a second term to Trump.
Claiming that Trump has no empathy and no concern for average Americans, Obama, said the US president was seeking a second term only “to help himself” and his wealthy friends.
On the other hand, Biden and Harris are going to be in the fight, not for themselves, “but for you and us”, he said.
“They’re not going to surround themselves with hacks and lobbyists. They’re going to surround themselves with people who care about you That more than anything is what separates them from their opponents: They actually care about Americans, even the ones who aren’t voting for them, Obama said at an election rally in Miami, Florida.
Miami Dade has the highest enrollment of any county in Florida. Florida has the highest enrollment of any state in the country. Nobody has a bigger stake in making sure those protections stay in place than right here in Florida, he said.
“We have got a POTUS who actually suggested selling Puerto Rico. Believe it or not, it could’ve been worse. He once asked our national security officials if he could nuke hurricanes. I mean, at least he didn’t do that. A nuclear hurricane seems like it would have been bad,” Obama said. —PTI

Press Trust of India