Trump Blames Obama For His Administration’s Poor Response To Coronavirus Pandemic

President Donald Trump blamed former President Barack Obama for the Center For Disease Control’s lack of preparedness on Friday morning on Twitter as the coronavirus pandemic spread across the United States.

…. Their response to H1N1 Swine Flu was a full scale disaster, with thousands dying, and nothing meaningful done to fix the testing problem, until now. The changes have been made and testing will soon happen on a very large scale basis. All Red Tape has been cut, ready to go!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2020

The president has previously cited a “Obama rule” that slowed the distribution of tests, though representatives for the White House have not commented on this rule.