Former U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a commencement address for American graduates whose graduation festivities have been sidelined due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
To honour the class of 2020, the LeBron James Family Foundation, the Entertainment Industry Foundation and XQ Institute have teamed up to produce Graduate Together 2020, intended to be “a virtual stand-in” for the commencement ceremonies that won’t be happening this year, with Obama delivering the commencement address.
Obama addressed the pandemic in his speech, and threw some serious shade at the Trump administration’s chaotic response to COVID-19, which has seen the U.S.