President Donald Trump on Friday deflected blame for his administration's lagging ability to test Americans for the coronavirus outbreak, insisting instead - without offering evidence - that fault lies with his predecessor, Barack Obama.
"I don't take responsibility at all," Trump said defiantly, pointing to an unspecified "set of circumstances" and "rules, regulations and specifications from a different time."
The remarks from the president came in response to questions at a Friday press conference about the lack of widespread access to testing, an aspect of his administration's coronavirus response that has been the subject of widespread, steady criticism. Administration officials told lawmakers yesterday that the U.S. tested about 11,000 people during the first seven weeks of the outbreak - roughly as many as South Korea is testing each day.
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