JAMES ROSEN (SINCLAIR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER): Theirs is almost certainly the nastiest presidential rivalry in American history. The 45th occupant of the Oval Office not only campaigned against the legacy of his predecessor as is common practice, but has since used the bully pulpit of the presidency to attack Barack Obama in unusually blunt terms.
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DONALD TRUMP (PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES): The Obama administration was a disaster. He was an incompetent president.
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ROSEN: The 44th president, known for eloquent oratory, has been less direct in his criticism of his successor, but has hardly been shy about taking potshots at Mr. Trump, including these veiled remarks in a eulogy for John Lewis on Thursday, in which he likened the incumbent to one of the 20th Century’s most notorious racists.
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BARACK OBAMA (FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES): George Wallace may be gone. But we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators.
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ROSEN: And in a conference call with former aides in May leaked to Yahoo! News, Mr. Obama charged that President Trump has responded to the coronavirus with the attitude of, “what’s in it for me?”
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OBAMA: It would have been bad even with the best of governments. It has been an absolute chaotic disaster.
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