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It's far from unusual for President Donald Trump to blame his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, on any point of criticism of his own administration.
Trump was ridiculed recently for blaming Obama for the shortage of crucial coronavirus tests in the face of the epidemic. In addition to that, he's blamed Obama for everything from negative press coverage of Trump to unsatisfactory air conditioning in the White House.
While on one of his infamous early morning Twitter screeds on Monday, the President criticized the Obama administration as the most corrupt in history.
The Obama/Biden Administration is the most corrupt Administration in the history of our Country!— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1583754056.0
According to watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Trump has amassed 3,000 conflicts of interest since his inauguration. He's directly profited from his own secret service spending hundreds of thousands of dollars at his resorts. He's retaliated against career officials who dared to comply with congressional subpoenas, while pardoning those convicted of using government positions for profit.
For once, Trump was being modest: corruption is one of the few endeavors Trump has succeeded at where Obama didn't.
He literally just spent the weekend at a private resort he still owns and profits from, playing rounds of golf at h… https://t.co/oALaSxwhVr— Robert Maguire @ #NICAR20 (@Robert Maguire @ #NICAR20) 1583756170.0
I don't care about Trump's pathetic lies or petty insults. They're laughable to anyone reasonably informed. But I… https://t.co/6ZbebCgrW3— John Oberlin (@John Oberlin) 1583760350.0
PROJECTION: (noun) A psychological defense mechanism in which weak-minded individuals attribute their own objection… https://t.co/JmUX0AhdvR— Translate Trump (@Translate Trump) 1583756515.0
There was more corruption in @realDonaldTrump transition and inauguration than there was in 8 years of the Obama Ad… https://t.co/h1V8943lNl— Joe Lockhart (@Joe Lockhart) 1583760397.0
@realDonaldTrump Donald Trump keeps trying to criminalize political dissent. Yet it is his associates that keeps ge… https://t.co/vMiUYBpXFQ— Morten Øverbye (@Morten Øverbye) 1583755930.0
People kept bringing receipts.
Wait, were Obama's national security adviser, personal lawyer, campaign chairman, campaign adviser, and an array of… https://t.co/l9GAGySNYn— Bob Cesca (@Bob Cesca) 1583761015.0
Come again #StableGenius? Obama/Biden: 8 yrs 0 indictments 0 lawsuits 0 sexual assault accusations 0 articles of im… https://t.co/Sc4PkBO35E— 🌊Sheryl Lynne 🥀 #ImpeachedForLife (@🌊Sheryl Lynne 🥀 #ImpeachedForLife) 1583763773.0
Trump's campaign chairman, deputy campaign chairman, national security adviser, top political adviser, and personal… https://t.co/332RSiZ1Xq— The Moscow Project (@The Moscow Project) 1583759037.0
The President's delusional tweet comes as COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, continues to spread throughout the United States. While other countries have instituted major temporary precautions to curb its spread, Trump has downplayed the virus as a bogeyman propped up by the media.
The corruption continues.
For a deeper look into Trump's administration, A Very Stable Genius is available here is available here.