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美国每天的确诊人数一直高居不下，始终保持在2万左右，截止目前为止美国确诊总人数已经累计高达136万多人了，这是一个触目惊心的数字。
美国媒体9日报道，美国前总统奥巴马批评现任总统特朗普的疫情应对是“混乱的灾难”。
据报道，奥巴马8日在与约3000名他执政时期的政府成员的电话会议中说，在美国人生活中，自私、搞派系、搞分裂以及视他人为敌的风气盛行，这是美国应对疫情危机一直乏力的原因之一。当政府以“这对我有什么好处”和“其他人见鬼去吧”的心态运作，“疫情应对绝对是一场混乱的灾难”。
白宫新闻秘书麦克纳尼9日回应说，特朗普的疫情应对“前所未有”，挽救了美国人的生命，奥巴马办公室对此拒绝置评。
白宫新闻发言人凯莱·麦肯阿尼（Kayleigh McEnany）在回应奥巴马的言论时没有直接提到奥巴马。麦肯阿尼说：“特朗普总统对新冠病毒的反应是前所未有的，拯救了美国人民的生命。当民主党人对特朗普总统进行虚假的政治迫害时，特朗普总统却在实行对外旅行限制。当民主党人在鼓励群众集会时，特朗普总统正在全国部署个人防护用品、呼吸机和检测设备。”
报道称，特朗普一直在为自己对新冠病毒的反应进行辩护和吹嘘，称政府及早的实行旅行限制以及社交距离的指导方针防止了更大的破坏。本周特朗普还说：“我认为我们拯救了数百万人的生命。”
特朗普还一直批评奥巴马政府。特朗普认为他的政府从奥巴马那里继承了“一个破碎的系统和一个破碎的检测”，不过他的批评显然是错误的。新冠病毒在去年底出现，事实上，美国疾病控制和预防中心在今年1月份努力开发自己的检测方法，然后在2月份发现检测包存在问题。
报道称，奥巴马通常对当前的政治事件保持低调，即使特朗普在推特上诋毁他或他曾领导的政府。但8日的电话显示，他将在即将到来的选举中发挥积极作用。他对支持者说，他将花费更多的时间，尽可能努力为拜登助选。
Former President Barack Obama delivered a blistering critique of the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus crisis, describing it as "an absolute chaotic disaster" during a private call Friday night with people who worked for him in the White House and across his administration.
The searing comments, confirmed to CNN by three former Obama administration officials on the call, offered the starkest assessment yet from the former president about how President Donald Trump and his team have handled the deadly pandemic and why he believes Democrats must rally behind former Vice President Joe Biden to defeat Trump in November.
In a 30-minute conversation with members of the Obama Alumni Association, the former president said the response to the coronavirus outbreak served as a critical reminder for why strong government leadership is needed during a global crisis. The call was intended to encourage former Obama staffers to become more engaged in Biden's presidential campaign.
"This election that's coming up -- on every level -- is so important because what we're going to be battling is not just a particular individual or a political party," Obama said. "What we're fighting against is these long-term trends in which being selfish, being tribal, being divided, and seeing others as an enemy -- that has become a stronger impulse in American life."

The comments were first reported by Yahoo News, which obtained an audio recording of the call. A spokesman for Obama declined to comment or elaborate on the former president's remarks.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday dismissed the criticism from Obama, saying in a statement to CNN: "President Trump's coronavirus response has been unprecedented and saved American lives."
The White House did not respond to Obama's comments on the Department of Justice's decision to drop charges against Michael Flynn.
Weighing in on the case during the call, Obama said Attorney General William Barr's decision to drop the criminal case against Flynn suggested "the rule of law was at risk" in the United States. Before taking office, Obama warned Trump about Flynn and raised questions about his conduct with Russia.
But Obama saved his strongest words for the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus crisis and its worldview.
"It's part of the reason why the response to this global crisis has been so anemic and spotty," Obama said. "It would have been bad even with the best of governments. It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset -- of 'what's in it for me' and 'to heck with everybody else' -- when that mindset is operationalized in our government."
He added: "That's why, I, by the way, am going to be spending as much time as necessary and campaigning as hard as I can for Joe Biden."
After formally endorsing Biden last month, Obama said he would be deeply involved in the campaign to help Biden win the White House. His remarks on Friday night were the latest example of that effort, telling the Obama Alumni group: "I am hoping that all of you feel the same sense of urgency that I do."
This story has been updated with the White House's response to Obama's comments.
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