Anthony Fauci
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He made an admission in an interview with The New York Times about his experiences working for President Trump
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“[O]On the day I received a letter in the mail, I opened it and a cloud of dust came down my face and chest. That was very, very disturbing for my wife and me, because it was in my office, ”the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told the Times. “So I just looked at everything about me and said, ‘What do I do?’ The security detachment was there, and they have a lot of experience in it. They said, ‘Don’t move, stay in the room.’ And they took the hazardous materials people. So they came, they sprayed me and everything. “
Fauci said the substance was tested and determined to be “not benign”, but that it was a scary experience nonetheless. He added that he did not know whether then-President Trump was informed of the incident, nor did he alert anyone close to Trump.
“Who was I going to tell? What good would it do to tell someone? In addition, it was under the FBI. investigation and they don’t like you to talk about it, ”said Fauci.
Fauci became one of the highest profile government health officials during the coronavirus pandemic and surveys regularly indicate that he is the most reliable. But he and his family also received numerous death threats, which he said last week “enraged” him.
Fauci also told the newspaper that neither Trump nor the former president’s inner circle admitted he was correct about the virus, even after the then president was hospitalized with the coronavirus. However, he described himself as unconcerned about being fired by Trump, although he joked at a rally about doing just that.
“I thought he wasn’t going to do that. I think he is like that. People said, ‘Oh, weren’t you horrified to get a call the next day?’ ”Said Fauci. “I didn’t think he was going to fire me. It was just, you know, Donald Trump being Donald Trump. “
Fauci was frequently removed during the Trump administration, but was never fired. President Biden appointed Fauci as his chief medical advisor at COVID-19.