Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Transmittable Diseases, has actually stated that former President Donald Trump attempted to get him to minimize the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic.
More than 25.6 million people have actually tested favorable for COVID-19 in America since Sunday, and over 429,000 deaths have been credited to the virus. At the time, Fauci’s regular public contradictions of Trump’s pandemic claims drew harsh reaction from MAGA supporters, who would chant “fire Fauci!” at campaign rallies.
Now working for President Biden’s administration, Fauci told The New York Times, in an interview published Sunday, that Trump had actually advised him to be positive– even as things got alarming.
” I would attempt to reveal the gravity of the situation, and the response of the president was constantly leaning toward, ‘Well, it’s not that bad, right?’ And I would say, ‘Yes, it is that bad,'” he recalled.
” It was nearly a reflex action, attempting to coax you to decrease it. Not stating, ‘I want you to lessen it,’ however, ‘Oh, actually, was it that bad?'” Fauci continued.
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” There were a couple of times where I would make a declaration that was a downhearted viewpoint about what direction we were going, and the president would call me up and say, ‘Hey, why aren’t you more positive?
Fauci also expressed issue about how Trump would take the viewpoints of his business colleagues and others on pandemic-related issues as crucial info.
Trump embraced the use of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria medication, to treat the coronavirus in its early phases.
Newsweek reached out to Trump representatives for comment.
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