President Trump said on Sunday that the media is giving Dr. Anthony Fauci credit for the response to the coronavirus he deserves – declaring that the country’s leading infectious disease specialist “works for me”.
“Something like Dr. Fauci is revered by LameStream Media as a great professional, having done, they say, an incredible job, but he works for me and the Trump Administration, and I don’t get any credit for my work,” the president wrote on Twitter.
“Wow, could this just be more fake news? he said about Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force.
The president’s post came about an hour after Fauci appeared on ABC News’ “This Week” and contested the president’s previous tweet that the number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. is “exaggerated.”
“The number of cases and deaths from the China Virus is greatly exaggerated in the United States because of the ridiculous method of determining @CDCgov compared to other countries, many of which report, on purpose, very inaccurately and low. – If in doubt, call Covid. Fake news! ”Said the president.
Fauci contested Trump’s claim.
“Deaths are real deaths. Just enter the trenches, go to hospitals, see how health professionals are doing, ”said Fauci at ABC.
“Right now, this is real. This is not false, it is real, ”he said.