Barack Obama slammed by Grace Tame as he arrives in Sydney with Michelle trends now
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Australian of the Year Grace Tame has called out former US President Barrack Obama in a bizarre reference to a 2016 water crisis in a small US town.
Prime minister Anthony Albanese shared a picture of himself with the former US president standing underneath umbrellas on a rainy Sydney morning on his Instagram page alongside the caption: 'Honoured to welcome President @barackobama to Sydney'.
'Did he drink the water, or just pretend?', wrote Ms Tame underneath the post.
Ms Tame's Instagram story (pictured) where she makes clear her comment was a reference to a 2016 episode during the Flint water crisis when then President Obama took a sip from a glass of water to reassure people it was safe
The former Australian Of The Year, 28, tagged her fiancé Max Heerey in the comment and later clarified what she was referring to in an Instagram story.
She shared a picture of her comment with a screengrab from a 2016 Guardian article which analysed Mr Obama's then visit to the US town of Flint.
At the time, the former President had declared a state of emergency in the Michigan city after its drinking water was contaminated with lead.
The public health crisis happened after the town changed its water source to the Flint River and residents started complaining about the taste, smell, and appearance of the
