Trump again blames Obama for leaving behind 'empty shelf' of medical supplies

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President Trump has once again blamed former President Barack Obama for a problem he had a few years to sort out.

In a Monday morning interview with Fox & Friends, Trump praised the "great relationship" he's built with governors across the country throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. That's because Trump has apparently restocked the "empty shelf" of medical supplies he claimed he inherited from the previous administration. "Just like we had no ammunition ... well we didn't have very much in terms of medical product either."

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.