For months, amid the worst pandemic in a century, US President Donald Trump insisted all was well between him and the nation's top infectious disease specialist. 9News
Pictures of the week: Chaos at the borders, disaster floods hit Japan, protests and celebration in the USThe US government's leading infection disease expert says the country could experience more than 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths.
But a month later, as states began reopening – often without meeting the parameters conceived by Dr Fauci and other members of the task force and issued by the White House – Mr Trump began scaling up his public rebukes.Still, even then, both men claimed their relationship was not contentious. Officials confirmed that was mostly accurate.They did not engage in huge shouting matches or sniping.
"I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him," Mr Trump said in an interview Tuesday when questioned about Dr Fauci's assertion theMr Trump accused Dr Fauci of waffling on early decisions in the crisis, saying he was better off ignoring experts and trusting his instincts. By casting him as an unelected bureaucrat who is attempting to undermine Mr Trump, they're harkening back to the "deep state" conspiracies that have fuelled Mr Trump countless times before.
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