Spotlight on Obama

Former President Obama accuses President Trump of “acting irresponsibly” with his “screwed up” handling of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Obama’s degrading, vitriolic comments were voiced last week at two virtual graduations. Obama called Trump “incompetent” in his handling of a health crisis that has paralyzed the United States and the entire world’s economy and well being.

Okay, Mr. Obama, let’s create a check-off list of your actions during the numerous crises occurring during your eight-year tenure. What did you do during the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 that polluted the ocean, killed countless sea creatures and created a drastic ecological disaster? You did nothing except a photoop walk along a beach.

What happened in Benghazi where in 2012, your incompetent State Dept., run by Hillary Clinton, caused the unnecessary deaths of four Americans. You did nothing.

What did you do when in 2015 there was massive, man-made pollution in the Animus River caused by your EPA? You did nothing. How about the Solyndra scandal? The IRS scandal? The now-enfolding General Flynn scandal?

You see, Mr. Obama, there’s always a risk when someone with so many skeletons in his closet fires broadsides at a successor who, despite this present crisis, has achieved more than you did in less time. You, sir, are the incompetent and your words, actions and behavior will come back and bite you.

— Leo de Natale, Waltham