US: Leaders aren't even pretending to be in charge, says Obama

Washington: Barack Obama indirectly criticised his successor, Donald Trump, during a virtual graduation ceremony Saturday, in rare public judgment from the former US president during the coronavirus pandemic. "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," Obama told graduates from several dozen historically black colleges and universities. "A lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge," he said as he discussed the implications of the pandemic during...