Trump Demands Sack Of COVID-19 Expert, Dr Fauci
Always not found wanting in the art of stirring controversies, President Donald Trump has promoted a tweet calling for the firing of infectious diseases expert, Dr Anthony Fauci.
The tweet comes on the heels of suggestions by the White House’s top expert that the US President cost lives by delaying social distancing measures in the country.
Amid an escalating coronavirus pandemic that has so far claimed more than 22,000 people in the US alone, Dr Fauci appeared to confirm details of a bombshell by New York Times report which described the bungling response to the crisis by Mr Trump and senior aides.
Asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper why the administration failed to act in mid-February when he and other officials advised measures to slow the spread of the virus, Dr Fauci said: “You know, Jake, as I have said many times, we look at it from a pure health standpoint.
“We make a recommendation. Often, the recommendation is taken. Sometimes it’s not. But we – it is what it is. We are where we are right now.”
But in a rambling overnight Twitter tirade, President Trump reacted furiously to the Times’ report.
After a series of complaints about the “Lamestream Media”, Trump shared a tweet by DeAnna Lorraine, a Republican former California congressional candidate, which read: “Fauci is now saying that had Trump listened to the medical experts earlier he could’ve saved more lives.” – www.newsnow.co.uk
