Donald Trump says he has a 'very good' working relationship with America's top infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci, despite repeatedly undercutting the respected scientist amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"Dr Fauci is a nice man, but he's made a lot of mistakes," he said last week.
"As a country, when you compare us to other countries, I don't think you can say we're doing great," he said last Thursday."We're just not."But the following day, Dr Fauci backtracked on his calls for a total shutdown and instead called for some states to"pause reopening", adding "I don't think we need to go back to an extreme of shutting down.
Despite the public accusations by the White House, Dr Fauci is still widely considered one of the most trusted faces in Mr Trump's fight against the pandemic.
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