'Fauci is a disaster. If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths,' Trump said in a conference call with campaign workers as he sought to reassure them he still has a pathway to win the election.
US President Donald Trump has blasted coronavirus expert Anthony Fauci as a "disaster" in a conference call with campaign workers and sought to reassure them he still has a pathway to win on election day despite slipping poll numbers.
Speaking from his signature hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, before he leaves for two rallies in Arizona, Trump took his frustration out on Fauci midway through a call intended to buck up his national team of campaign workers.Trump and Fauci, a member of his coronavirus taskforce, have been at odds over how best to handle a pandemic that has killed more than 219,000 people in the United States and weakened the President's bid for re-election on November 3.
Fauci openly complained about being cited in a Trump re-election campaign ad and said in an interview broadcast on Sunday night by CBS'Trump, whose rallies include many supporters not wearing masks and standing shoulder to shoulder, said Americans were fed up with pandemic restrictions. The campaign allowed reporters to listen to the call."People are saying, 'Whatever. Just leave us alone.' They’re tired of it. People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots ...
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