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Michelle Obama Calls Trump 'Wrong President for Our Country' as Democrats
Open Convention

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   Former first lady Michelle Obamahailed presumptiveDemocratic
   presidential candidate Joe Biden as a capable leader for a country of
   "compassionate, resilient, decent people," whilesharplycriticizing
   President Donald Trump as lacking the ability to understand the
   feelings and experiences of others.

   Capping the first of four nights of an extraordinary virtual
   Democraticnational conventionon Monday, Obama strongly argued thatTrump
   had failed to adequatelyrespond to economic and social crisesand the
   coronavirus pandemicat home while turning away from international
   alliances built by previous administrations.

   "Let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can," she said in a
   prerecorded speech. "Donald Trump is the wrong president for our
   country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the
   job, but he is clearly in over his head."

   "He cannot meet this moment," she added, in delivering the keynote
   address of the opening night."He simply cannot be who we need him to be
   for us."

   Trump ridiculed the Democratic effort during a stop at the
   Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport earlierMonday, enroute to a political
   gathering in Mankato, Minnesota.

   "When you hear a speech is taped, it's like there's nothing very
   exciting about it, right?" Trump said to laughs from his supporters.

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