Trump鈥檚 retweet raises doubts about Fauci鈥檚 future
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US President Donald Trump retweeted a call to fire Dr Anthony Fauci after the nation鈥檚 top expert on infectious diseases said lives could have been saved if the country had shut down sooner during the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Trump retweeted a message on Sunday from a former Republican congressional candidate who cited Fauci鈥檚 comments in a television interview by CNN鈥檚 鈥淪tate of the Union,鈥 and tweeted 鈥渢ime to #FireFauci.鈥
Trump in the past has repeated critical tweets of officials or enemies rather than make the criticism himself. The retweet fueled speculation Trump was running out of patience. The White House did not comment yesterday.
As a leader in the fight against the coronavirus, Fauci has contradicted or corrected Trump on scientific matters during the public health crisis, including whether the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is effective against the coronavirus.
Fauci commented during Sunday鈥檚 interview that the economy in parts of the country could have a 鈥渞olling reentry鈥 as early as next month, provided health authorities can quickly identify and isolate people who will inevitably be infected. He also said he 鈥渃an鈥檛 guarantee鈥 that it will be safe for Americans to vote in person on Election Day.
When asked if earlier action on social distancing and 鈥渟tay-at-home鈥 policies could have saved lives, Fauci responded in part: 鈥淚t鈥檚 very difficult to go back and say that. I mean, obviously, you could logically say that if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives. Obviously, no one is going to deny that. But what goes into those kinds of decisions is complicated.鈥
Already a target of the far-right for his contradictions of Trump, Fauci drew more opprobrium after the interview.
Last week during the daily White House coronavirus briefing, Trump stepped in and prevented Fauci from answering a question about hydroxychloroquine.
鈥淗e won鈥檛 fire Fauci today,鈥 tweeted Joe Lockhart, press secretary to former President Bill Clinton, a Democrat.
鈥淗e needs to humiliate him a while first. And one thing you can really count on ... He won鈥檛 have the guts to do it himself.鈥
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