Polling shows a majority of voters are disappointed in the way Trump has handled the pandemic, which he has repeatedly said would disappear on its own.
Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday, October 31, blasted US President Donald Trump for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and his conduct in the Oval Office, saying, he is treating the presidency as "a reality show to give him the attention that he craves."
"The economic damage he inflicted by botching the pandemic response means he'll be the only president since Herbert Hoover to actually lose jobs," Obama said.
Obama governed for two terms and remains one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party. He is offering his support on the campaign trail to the Democratic candidate who served as his vice president.
The last days of campaigning are taking place during a surge in cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations in battleground states, including North Carolina and Pennsylvania but also Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan.
Polling shows a majority of voters are disappointed in the way Trump has handled the pandemic, which he has repeatedly said would disappear on its own.
Trump is spending the closing days of his re-election campaign criticizing public officials and medical professionals who are trying to combat the coronavirus pandemic even as it surges back across the United States.
Campaigning in the Midwest on Friday, Trump delivered a closing message that promised an economic revival and a vaccine to combat COVID-19, which is pushing hospitals to capacity and killing up to 1,000 people in the United States each day.
Trump falsely said doctors earn more money when their patients die of the disease.
Opinion polls show Trump trailing Biden nationally, but with a closer contest in the most competitive states that will decide the election.
Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls show Biden leading Trump by 9 points in Michigan.
Voters say the coronavirus is their top concern. Trump, 74, won Michigan by a narrow margin in his surprise 2016 victory.
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