Claim: United States President Donald Trump tweeted ""it is unbelievable that President Obama criticized me for the coronavirus response" and "he had 8 years to 'prepair' the next president for a pandemic and he failed.
Verdict: REFUTES

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title: Political positions of Donald Trump
text: is single payer. In 2014, after a New York physician returned from treating Ebola patients in West Africa and showed symptoms of the disease, Trump tweeted that if the doctor had Ebola, "Obama should apologize to the American people & resign!" When the doctor was later confirmed to have developed Ebola in New York, Trump tweeted that it was "Obama's fault" and "I have been saying for weeks for President Obama to stop the flights from West Africa. So simple, but he refused. A TOTAL incompetent!" Trump also criticized President Obama's decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops to affected regions

title: Mark Levin
text: Obama for the Ebola crisis, saying "the political policies of this administration which opens the door wide to people from the poorest parts of the world. We don't know who they are, we don't know if they have diseases." In March 2017, Levin alleged that the Obama administration had used "police state" surveillance tactics against the Donald Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election. The "Associated Press" said that Levin "voiced without evidence the idea that Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower". Levin protested the "AP" report vigorously, demanding a retraction and an apology on the grounds that his sources for

title: Donald Trump on social media
text: Trump on Twitter "was a personal insult of some kind". , Trump had insulted 394 people (including private citizens), places, and things on Twitter, ranging from politicians to journalists and news outlets to entire countries. A 2015 Trump tweet against an 18-year-old college student who had challenged him at a New Hampshire political forum led to a wave of online harassment against her. In December 2016, then-president-elect Trump responded to criticism from the president of United Steelworkers Local 1999 in Indiana by tweeting that the local union leader "has done a terrible job representing workers"; the union president received threatening

title: Political positions of Donald Trump
text: to help combat the outbreak (see Operation United Assistance). As Dr. Kent Brantly returned to the U.S. for treatment, Trump tweeted that U.S. doctors who went abroad to treat Ebola were "great" but "must suffer the consequences" if they became infected and insisted that "the U.S. must immediately stop all flights from EBOLA infected countries or the plague will start and spread inside our 'borders.'" When an Ebola patient was scheduled to come to the U.S. for treatment, Trump tweeted, "now I know for sure that our leaders are incompetent. KEEP THEM OUT OF HERE!" Trump's suggestion on the Ebola

title: First 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency
text: Syria, Spicer compared President Bashar al-Assad to Adolf Hitler and stated that even Hitler had not used chemical weapons on his own people during World War II, ignoring the Germany's use of gas chambers during the Holocaust. Spicer apologized on the next day, saying, "I got into a topic that I shouldn't have, and I screwed up." By February 3, televised interviews by Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to the President, were dominating the news cycle in the First 100 Days, according to the "Washington Post" claiming it was partly because of "misconstrued facts" and "falsehoods". Examples include the February 2 interview

title: 2009 Flu pandemic in North America
text: the world to present a mortal case. The deceased man was suffering other chronic diseases. The Minister of Health informed he had diabetes and also was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). She also informed the man was infected inside Costa Rica because he had not traveled to Mexico. On August 11 was confirmed that Costa Rica's President, Óscar Arias Sánchez, was infected with the A(H1N1) virus, becoming the first head of state sick with the A(H1N1) virus President Arias returned to his normal activities after one week of isolation at his home. As of September 8 the Costa

title: Influenza pandemic
text: the current portal: Pandemic Flu Search. On 26 August 2004, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson released a draft Pandemic Influenza Response and Preparedness Plan, which outlined a coordinated national strategy to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic. Public comments were accepted for 60 days. In a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on 14 September 2005, President George W. Bush announced the creation of the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza. The Partnership brings together nations and international organizations to improve global readiness by: On 5 October 2005, Democratic Senators Harry Reid, Evan

title: Presidency of Donald Trump
text: began to appear on television." Trump later dismissed the criticism, saying he was "very proud" of an "amazing" response and that efforts to distribute necessary supplies and services were "doing well". "The Washington Post" noted, "on the ground in Puerto Rico, nothing could be further from the truth." Carmen Yulín Cruz, the mayor of Puerto Rico's capital San Juan, repeatedly criticized US relief efforts, saying that they were not reaching the people who needed the aid; on September 29 she made a desperate plea for help, saying that people are "dying, starving, thirsty". Trump responded by criticizing Puerto Rico officials,

title: Political positions of Donald Trump
text: crisis "would go against all the expert advice being offered," with doctors warning "that isolating West Africa would only make the Ebola outbreak much worse, potentially denying help and supplies from getting in," and possibly destabilizing the countries and contributing to the disease's spread outside West Africa. On August 3, 2016, Trump called the Zika virus outbreak in Florida "a big problem". He expressed his support for Florida Governor Rick Scott's handling of the crisis, saying that he's "doing a fantastic job". When asked if Congress should convene an emergency session to approve Zika funding, Trump answered, "I would say

title: Donald Trump on social media
text: resolve in the face of these cowardly terrorist attacks. He is more of a statesman than Donald Trump will ever be." Lewis Lukens, the former US ambassador to the UK, and the United States Conference of Mayors declared their support, with Lukens commending Khan's "strong leadership" in leading London forward after the attack and also praising the "extraordinary response" from the law enforcement community. Trump tweeted the following day that the London Mayor was offering a "pathetic excuse" for his statement, and alleging that the mainstream media were "working hard to sell" Khan's explanation. When asked about these comments following

title: National Biodefense Strategy
text: centralized approach based on lessons that were learned from past biological incidents such as the west Africa Ebola epidemic of 2014. According to the "New York Times", "A privately sponsored group that has studied biodefense issues since 2014 applauded the White House's strategy. The Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense has warned that the U.S. is dangerously vulnerable to a large-scale biological attack and has urged Washington to develop a more comprehensive strategy." In mid-September 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump implemented a new national biodefense strategy. His new strategy wiped away those of Barack Obama and George W. Bush. The

title: William R. Steiger
text: panel discussion at the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University Medical Center in January 2017, Steiger discusses ways the Trump administration can contribute to pandemic preparedness, global health security, and domestic readiness and resilience. On the topic of data sharing, Steiger credits Indonesia’s government for their instructive negotiations in 2007 after Indonesia stop sharing flu viruses while offering legitimate points why the WHO flu network was not set up for the benefit of developing countries in terms of capacity building around research and vaccine development. In the webcast, Steiger goes on to say "the private sector

title: Presidency of Donald Trump
text: Joseph Watson of Infowars purporting to prove the alleged assault, which differed from original video of the incident, resulting in a misleading impression that Acosta had aggressively thrust his hand at the intern. Later asked if the video had been altered, Trump aide Kellyanne Conway replied, "That’s not altered, that’s sped up," likening it to a television replay of a sporting event. Trump continued the use of Twitter from the presidential campaign. Trump has continued to personally tweet from @realDonaldTrump, his personal account, while his staff tweet on his behalf using the official @POTUS account. His use of Twitter has

title: World Health Organization
text: involving the H1N1 influenza virus was declared by the then Director-General Margaret Chan in April 2009. Margret Chan declared in 2010 that the H1N1 has moved into the post-pandemic period. By the post-pandemic period critics claimed the WHO had exaggerated the danger, spreading "fear and confusion" rather than "immediate information". Industry experts countered that the 2009 pandemic had led to "unprecedented collaboration between global health authorities, scientists and manufacturers, resulting in the most comprehensive pandemic response ever undertaken, with a number of vaccines approved for use three months after the pandemic declaration. This response was only possible because of the

title: Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
text: the population and bombed nearby leaving an unknown number of casualties. On 29 January, the Yakla raid occurred. U.S. Navy SEALs executed a raid, President Barack Obama’s national security aides had reviewed the plans for a risky attack. Mr. Obama did not act because the Pentagon wanted to launch the attack on a moonless night and the next one would come after his term had ended. With only 5 days in Office President Trump was given the task; the raid caused several civilian casualties, with "a chain of mishaps and misjudgments" leading to a 50-minute shootout that led to the

title: Donald Trump on social media
text: about Obama's win. Trump began that Election Day with a flurry of familiar complaints. He mocked Obama for playing basketball and blamed the Chinese for creating "the concept of global warming". Trump tweeted the next day, "but we'll have to live with it!" and: "We have to make America great again!" In response, Obama quipped on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" that Trump's beef with him "dated back to their days growing up in Kenya". From 2013 onwards, Trump's Twitter activity pattern significantly increased in the volume of his tweets and the rate of politically charged rhetoric, channeling the

title: Presidency of Donald Trump
text: system and phone towers, destroying buildings, and causing widespread flooding. The Trump administration came under criticism for a delayed response to the humanitarian crisis on the island. Politicians on both sides of the aisle had called for immediate aid for Puerto Rico, and criticized Trump for focusing on a feud with the NFL instead. Trump did not comment on Puerto Rico for several days while the crisis was unfolding. According to "The Washington Post", the White House did not feel a sense of urgency until "images of the utter destruction and desperation — and criticism of the administration's response —

title: Donald Trump on social media
text: 30, 2017, Sanders said that Trump's actions "elevate the conversation to talk about a real issue and a real threat, that’s extreme violence and extreme terrorism." Trump responded to criticism from May by publicly rebuking her on Twitter, sparking a rare rift between the United Kingdom and the United States. On December 18, almost three weeks after being retweeted by Trump, the accounts of Britain First, Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen were all suspended by Twitter. In a January 2018 interview with Piers Morgan for "Good Morning Britain", Trump said he was not familiar with Britain First when he retweeted

title: Post-presidency of Jimmy Carter
text: 100 times or intimidated with semiautomatic weapons, power drills or threats to sexually assault their mothers." He claimed that the U.S. government had no moral leadership, and was committing human rights violations, and is no longer "the global champion of human rights". In July 2013, Carter expressed his criticism of current federal surveillance programs as disclosed by Edward Snowden indicating that "America has no functioning democracy at this moment." On September 13, 2017, Carter said the publicity President Trump had brought to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program by giving Congress a six-month deadline to address the issue could

title: Presidency of Donald Trump
text: been unconventional for a president, initiating controversy and becoming news in their own right. The Trump administration has described Trump's tweets as "official statements by the President of the United States". A federal judge ruled in May 2018 that Trump's blocking of other Twitter users due to opposing political views violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and that he must unblock them; however, according to a plaintiff, Trump has yet to comply with the unblocking order. The administration has appealed the court's ruling. His tweets have been reported as ill-considered, impulsive, vengeful, and bullying,<ref name="Schwarz_12/11/2017"></ref><ref name="Cillizza_11/27/2017"></ref><ref name="Cillizza_10/10/2017"></ref>