WE’LL GET SOME INSIGHTS FROM
JEFF BUR TONTON.
>>> LET US BEGIN WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP FIRING BACK AT HIS
PREDECESSOR IN A HEAVY WEIGHT
WAR OF WORDS.
IT BEGAN WITH BARACK OBAMA USED
A SPEAK TO COLLEGE GRADUATES.
HE TOOK A SUBTLE SWIPE AT
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HANDLING OF
THIS PANDEMIC.
>> THIS PANDEMIC IS FULLY
FINALLY TORN BACK THE CURTAIN ON
THE IDEA THAT SO MANY OF THE
FOLKS IN CHARGE KNOW WHAT
THEY’RE DOING.
A LOT OF THEM AREN’T EVEN
PRETENDING TO BE IN CHARGE.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP APROOIFRED
BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE A SHORT
TIME AGO.
HE TALKED TO REPORTERS AND OFFERED A BRIEF RESPONSE.
OFFERED A BRIEF RESPONSE.
>> LOOK, HE WAS AN INCOMPETENT
PRESIDENT.
THAT’S ALL I CAN SAY.
GROSSLY INCOMPTENT.
THANK YOU.
>> MONICA, THIS IS THE SECOND
TIME IN JUST OVER A WEEK THAT
WE’VE HEARD PRESIDENT OBAMA
CRITICIZE THE PRESIDENT ONCE IN
THAT TAPE OF A CALL WITH
SUPPORTERS AND THEN YESTERDAY.
I GET THE SENSE THIS IS NOT THE
END OF THIS, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: LIKELY NOT.
I THINK THAT’S A FAIR BET AND
WAY OF PUTTING IT.
WE HAVE HEARD THE PRESIDENT
CONTINUELY TOUT WHAT HE CALLS
OBAMAGATE IN RECENT WEEKS WHICH
IS AN UNFOUNDED CONSPIRACY
THEORY HE, HE CAMPAIGN AND
ALLIES CONTINUES TO SPREAD.
TRYING TO RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW PRESIDENT OBAMA MAY HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ORIGIN OF
THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION OF
WHICH THERE’S NO EVIDENCE.
THAT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE
PIVOT AWAY FROM THE HEALTH
CRISIS AND SEE THE PRESIDENT
FOCUS ON HIS RE-ELECTION, THAT’S
SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN DIALED
UP.
IT WAS NOTABLE TO SEE FORMER
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAY THOSE
THINGS A WEEK AGO PRIVATELY TO
SOME ALUMNI AND PUBLICLY TO
THOSE GRADUATES ALL WHILE TAKING
A SUBTLE TONE IN THE SENSE HE’S
NOT NAMING THE CURRENT OCCUPANT
OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE’RE NOT HEARING HIM SPFKLY
CALL OUT PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT
IT’S UNMISTAKABLE WHAT HE IS
REFERRING TO THERE AND YOU SAW
TODAY ON THE LAWN WHEN THE
PRESIDENT WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT,
HE DIDN’T ADDRESS THE COMMENTS
SPECIFICALLY.
IT WAS INTERESTING.
HE SAID HE HADN’T SEEN THEM
WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT SUSPICIOUS
GIVEN THIS PRESIDENT’S
CONSUMPTION OF NEWS AND THIS BE
HAS BEEN IN THE HEADLINES FOR
THE BETTER PART OF 24 HOURS.
ONCE A REPORTER INFORMED HIM,
THAT’S WHEN HE CALLED HIM
GROSSLY INCOMPETENT BUT DIDN’T
EXPAND.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING THE
CURRENT’S PRESIDENT HANDLING, IN
THEIR EYES, STL LARELLAR, SAVED
AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THERE USED TO BE AN UNWRITTEN
RULE YOU DON’T CRITICIZE A
SITTING PRESIDENT.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
TAKING AIM AT HIS PREDECESSOR
SINCE BEFORE HE WAS EVEN
PRESIDENT.
WHEN HE WAS CANDIDATE TRUMP FOR
MANY YEARS AND NOW AS THE
OCCUPANT IN THE WHITE HOUSE HE’S
CONSISTENTLY CALLED OUT OBAMA.
IT’S ALSO WORTH NOTING IN THESE
MOMENTS OF NATIONAL CRISIS,
SOMETIMES YOU DO SEE PRESIDENTS
