WASHINGTON – On Monday, President Donald Trump attacked Dr Anthony Fauci during a phone call with campaign staff, calling the infectious disease specialist a « disaster » and saying that every time ‘it’s on TV, there is a « bomb », but there would be « a bigger bomb if you shoot it », according to a recording of the call obtained by NBC News
« People are tired of hearing Fauci and all those idiots – these people, these people who got it wrong, » Trump said « Fauci is a nice guy He’s been here for 500 years He called all of them evil And he’s like that wonderful guy, a wonderful sage who tells us how to « react to the pandemic
« If I listened to it we would have 500,000 dead, » Trump continued, adding seconds later, « If we listened to it we would have between 700 and 800,000 dead right now »
Trump referred to Fauci’s early comments on wearing a mask and stopping travel from China as examples of alleged bad advice « And yet we keep it, » Trump told those at home. ‘call « Every time it is on TV there is always a bomb, but there is a bigger bomb if you shoot it »
The president, who was speaking to campaign workers to offer optimism in the final days of the election, also told staff he was « more excited » than he was a few weeks ago Assistants to the president have expressed concern over the current voting landscape in the race against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden just two weeks before Election Day
Trump added that there was « a lot of cheating going on », claiming without proof that Democrats would do it to defeat him
« You know they’ll cheat like crazy because they always cheat », he said « The only way to lose this election is to cheat Ok that’s the only way »
« Keep your eyes peeled and report them to law enforcement at the highest level… We are monitoring law enforcement We have US lawyers, sheriffs, everyone is watching Hope the postal inspectors are watching, « he continued, insisting that his campaign has never looked better. » We are going to win This is the highest point we have ever reached, « he said, adding: « My whole life has been about winning »
Of the Bidens, he said: « They try to kill our enthusiasm with bad press because they are sick They are mentally ill » The president urged his staff to work hard and not read the papers because they are « stories of repression, repression polls »
DrTony Fauci says we don’t allow him to do TV, and yet I saw him last night on @ 60Minutes, and he seems to have more airtime than anyone since the late, awesome Bob Hope All I ask Tony is to make better decisions He said « no & mask lets in China » Also bad arms!
PS Tony should stop wearing the Washington Nationals mask for two reasons Firstly, it doesn’t live up to the high standards he should be exhibiting Number Two, it keeps reminding me that Tony may have to be pitched the worst first pitch in baseball history!
Trump’s remarks come after Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was asked if he was surprised that the president contracted Covid-19 during an interview with » 60 Minutes « from CBS News aired Sunday night
“Absolutely not I was afraid he would get sick when I saw him in a completely precarious situation of overcrowding, no separation between people and hardly anyone wearing a mask,” Fauci said. ‘saw this on TV, I said,’ Oh my God Nothing good can come out of that, it must be a problem And then of course it turned out to be a big broadcast event «
Fauci was referring to the Rose Garden press conference in late September in which Trump announced he was appointing Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court justice Subsequently, a number of people who attended the event, including Trump, tested positive for Covid-19
Fauci said during the interview that Trump « sometimes equates wearing a mask with a weakness, » which the doctor said doesn’t make sense. He said he believed the efforts of Trump to push back on his recommendations regarding the coronavirus pandemic had less to do with the president being « anti-science » and more with him making a statement
« I think deep down he believes in science If he hadn’t, he wouldn’t have entrusted his health to the very competent doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, » Fauci said of Trump’s recent hospital visit to receive treatment for Covid
In the high-profile interview, Fauci discussed a Trump campaign ad that he said took his comments earlier in the year out of context He told CBS he « got really ticked off » about it
He also said the White House had barred him from appearing in a number of shows that requested talks with him
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