“” We’re going to have a lot of trouble. It’s not a good situation, ”Anthony Fauci said on Friday.
OPA-LOCK, Florida:
US President Donald Trump suggested early Monday that he might seek to fire a highly respected member of his coronavirus task force, Anthony Fauci, after Fauci further criticized Trump’s handling of the virus.
Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has challenged Trump’s repeated claims that the US fight against the virus is “turning its back” when in fact tens of thousands of people are infected daily.
“We’re going to suffer a lot. It’s not a good situation,” Fauci told the Washington Post on Friday. “All the stars are aligned in the wrong place as you move into the fall and winter season, with people gathering at home indoors. You couldn’t be better positioned.”
When Trump defended his handling of the virus at a late-night campaign rally at the Opa-Locka airport in the Miami area, a “Fire Fauci” chant erupted.
Responding to the chant, Trump said, “Don’t tell anyone, but let me wait a bit after the election.”
Election day is Tuesday, with Trump behind his Democratic rival Joe Biden in the opinion polls.
Fauci is one of the most popular health experts in the United States, a fact that Trump has cited in the past to avoid tangling with him.
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