Report: Trump Is Growing Tired Of Dr. Fauci Contradicting Him On COVID-19 Outbreak

President Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, attend a meeting at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland on March 3, 2020.... President Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, attend a meeting at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland on March 3, 2020. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump is reportedly getting fed up with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The New York Times reported on Monday night that Trump, ever obsessed with his image, has been chafing at Fauci publicly contradicting the President’s
misleadingly optimistic messaging on the COVID-19 pandemic. Several White House officials also reportedly believe that the doctor has been too critical of Trump.

Unnamed advisers told the Times that Trump hasn’t given Fauci the ax yet because the doctor still serves a useful purpose: having a good rapport with the public and thereby lending credibility to the administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Though Fauci generally maintains a mild-mannered demeanor during Trump’s press conferences on COVID-19, there was a moment on Saturday when he directly refuted the President’s claim there was no medical supply shortage.

“You’re not making things up,” Fauci said to the CNN reporter who had brought up the shortage.

The doctor also got blunt during an interview with Science Magazine on Sunday.

“Let’s get real, what do you want me to do?” he asked when the interviewer asked about Trump’s repeated falsehoods on the coronavirus.

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  1. “This motherfucker is gonna get us all killed.” - any intelligent person in 2016

  2. Maybe Fauci could blog anonymously as Fanthony Auci. Trump would never figure it out.

  3. Avatar for henk henk says:

    As Donald would say: “No one could have predicted.” and as Donald always is, he’d be wrong.

  4. Unnamed advisers told the Times that Trump hasn’t given Fauci the ax yet because the doctor still serves a useful purpose: having a good rapport with the public and thereby lending credibility to the administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.

    If imPotus fires Fauci, who’s he going to replace him with? A faith healer? Martin Shkreli? Bring back Rick Perry to pray away the virus?

  5. BEWARE

    1. When Covidiot Trump LIES, Americans DIE

    2. When Covidiot Trump plays Dr. Donnie, Someone Might DIE because Dr. Donnie graduated from Trump University School of Trickery, Thievery and Quackery!

    ALWAYS

    1. Fact Check with WHO & JHU

    2. Put on your thinking cap

    3. Make sure you VOTE…VOTEBLUE because your life now literally depends on it!

    P.S.

    Since GOP is Ok with KAG (Killing Geriatric Americans), Covidiot Trump/GOP should lead by example…

    Covidiot Trump’s pettiness in times of pandemic crisis has Dr. Fauci forgetting the “No Hands on Face” rule!

    Addendum:

    Oops…I meant KAG = Killing American Geriatrics

    AND

    When Covidiot Trump Believes Greedy Jared, Americans Die!

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