Dr. Anthony Fauci says he was not invited to Tuesday's White House coronavirus briefing
Source: CNBC
White House advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was not invited to Tuesday's White House briefing on the coronavirus pandemic the first such briefing in months.
"I was not invited up to this point and I'm assuming I'm not going to be there," Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during an interview on CNN.
Fauci has faced criticism in recent weeks from President Donald Trump and other administration officials surrounding his response to the pandemic.
In a scathing op-ed published last Tuesday, Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro criticized Fauci, saying he "has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on." Similarly, during an interview earlier this month with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Trump said, "Dr. Fauci's a nice man, but he's made a lot of mistakes."
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Trump can't stand having someone smarter than him around.
yuiyoshida
(41,872 posts)apparently she was sent off to the side so TRUMP could hog the spotlight like the pig he is.
groundloop
(11,537 posts)thesquanderer
(12,001 posts)Then he should probably never leave the bathroom.
SunSeeker
(51,811 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)onetexan
(13,081 posts)reason. I knew he was going to use it as a campaign stump. No worries, most Americans know Dr. Fauci is the authority on Covid, & a whole lot more smarter & more popular than all of the Idiot's covid staff combined, Pence included.
crimycarny
(1,351 posts)Reading your comment the lightbulb turned on. THATS why he having these briefings again, so he can repeat his Rose Garden press conference (campaign event). I mean, I know that should be totally obvious but even after all these months I still sometimes fall into the trap of thinking what a logical person would do when trying to understand Trumps motivations.
The coronavirus briefings were awful for Trump, so why in the world would he want to start them up again (I was asking myself). Duh, he wants airtime to bash Biden.
You got that right.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)stand is having someone more popular around.
Remember, he is already completely confident that he is smarter than everyone else, so there's no way that would be his consideration in leaving Fauci out of the briefing.
It's totally because Fauci gets better poll numbers than he does.
riversedge
(70,464 posts)Clips will be shown for his reelection ads.
Rhiannon12866
(206,869 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,869 posts)Dr. Anthony Fauci says that he was not invited to President Donald Trump's coronavirus briefing and said he talked last to the president four days ago.
dalton99a
(81,708 posts)and I've said a lot of things"