Donald Trump Slammed For ‘Buffoon’ H1N1 Vaccine Claims After Record COVID Deaths

Donald Trump is facing new criticisms on social media after he tried to criticize Joe Biden and Barack Obama’s handling of the H1N1 crisis in 2019 and commend his own response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The President took to his Twitter account on Friday morning to slam Biden over the lack of a vaccine for Swine Flu when it hit the United States in 2009 and then swore he wouldn’t allow the incoming administration to take credit for the COVID-19 vaccine that is set to be delivered to Americans in the coming weeks.

However, his use of words such as “disaster” to describe Biden and “miracle” when it comes to the vaccine, which was developed as a part of his administration’s Operation Warp Speed, led to many criticizing him because of the way COVID-19 has continued to cause destruction in the United States, largely because of how much he politicized health and safety measures meant to combat and slow the spread of the virus.

Many criticized him over the number of infections and deaths in the United States, with daily death tolls officially reaching a record high in recent days.

Others pointed out that comparing death rates and the effectiveness of treatments from both illnesses didn’t work in his favor mathematically.

Others shared that even if the H1N1 situation could be a considered a disaster, it still didn’t change the fact that he had handled things poorly as well during COVID-19—with some even pointing out that while a vaccine has been approved by the FDA, the Trump administration failed to order a large number of doses.

The President’s handling of the pandemic, which as of publication has infected nearly 16 million Americans and led to nearly 300,000 deaths, is often seen as a big part of the reason why he lost the election in November. According to Time Magazine, a big part of what led to his loss was his own COVID-19 diagnosis.

“If the President never gets COVID, he wins the election. Our polling showed a significant dip when that happened, particularly with suburban, college-educated, non-liberal men,” GOP strategist Brad Todd told the publication in November. “Trump getting COVID sent a signal to those people that his management style had consequences even for him personally and was therefore unlikely to change.”