When pressed further, Trump added: \u201cLook, he was an incompetent president. That\u2019s all I can say. Grossly incompetent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since leaving office, Obama has largely avoided weighing in on politics or how his successor is doing. But recently, with the coronavirus outbreak taking a huge toll on the country, he has become more outspoken.<\/p>\n

In April, 20.5 million Americans lost their jobs and unemployment was at 14.7 percent. As states ease coronavirus restrictions, the spread continues: There are nearly 1.5 million cases and more than 89,000 deaths in the U.S. The Trump administration has been criticized for a delayed response to the outbreak and a lack of organization in providing tests and medical supplies.<\/p>\n

Last week, on a call with roughly 3,000 former staffers, Obama said the government has taken on a \u201cWhat\u2019s in it for me?\u201d mindset, and he called the White House\u2019s pandemic response \u201can absolute chaotic disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, in a virtual address to graduates of historically black colleges and universities, Obama broached the topic again: \u201cThis pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t name names, but the implication was clear.<\/p>\n

Trump calling his predecessor incompetent is not new. He has railed against inheriting what he has called an ineffective and \u201cbroken\u201d system when he came into office. He has said he won\u2019t be asking former presidents for help because he wasn\u2019t \u201cgoing to learn much.\u201d And in 2013, before his presidential aspirations were in the picture, Trump tweeted<\/u><\/a>: \u201cWho thinks that President Obama is totally incompetent?\u201d<\/p>\n

But the president\u2019s brief comments on Sunday come as he pushes the unfounded \u201cObamagate\u201d conspiracy theory, alleging that officials in the previous administration sought to undermine Trump and target his top associates \u2014 like former national security adviser Michael Flynn \u2014 with the Russia investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n