Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Obama Takes Veiled Swipe At Trump: Leaders ‘Aren’t Even Pretending To Be In Charge’ Of Pandemic
Former President Barack Obama on Saturday said the coronavirus pandemic has revealed some leaders “aren’t even pretending to be in charge” of the pandemic that has claimed at least 90,000 lives in the U.S. “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 said in remarks for an online commencement address honoring students graduating from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. “A lot
