Barack Obama was a grossly incompetent President, says Donald Trump

The comments came in a speech to high school graduates of 74 historically black colleges and universities across the United States

President Donald Trump on Sunday called his predecessor Barack Obama a 'grossly incompetent President' in response to the latter's criticism of United States' Covid-19 pandemic response.

"He (Obama) was an incompetent president, a grossly incompetent president. That's all I can say," Trump told reporters after arriving at the White House.

On Saturday, Obama had criticised the Trump's leadership for bungling their handling of the coronavirus pandemic, accusing them in twin commencement addresses of not "even pretending" to be in charge and asking the wrong questions.

The comments came in a speech to high school graduates of 74 historically black colleges and universities across the