The former US President Barack Obama has criticised the response to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging America, in a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald Trump.
His remarks came as he spoke at two virtual commencements for high school and university students locked down instead of celebrating their graduations, a rite of passage every spring in the United States. "More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing," Mr Obama told graduates from several dozen historically black colleges and universities at the first ceremony. "A lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge," he said as he discussed the implications of the pandemic during