Trump angrily watches Fauci’s interviews on Biden: report

Former President Donald Trump has been obsessively and furiously watching television interviews with Dr Anthony Fauci since President Joe Biden took office, the Daily Beast reported on Sunday, citing sources.

Fauci has been transparent about his relief at working under a new administration, saying at a White House press briefing on Thursday that it was “a somewhat liberating feeling.”

While Fauci was not afraid to contradict Trump’s misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic, he refrained from directly criticizing Trump when he was president or talking about the policy of the coronavirus task force.

But it looks like the filter is off now that Biden’s boss is.

Fauci told CNN on Friday that Trump “very likely” claimed the lives of Americans by spreading lies about the pandemic. He also told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow that he had tried to appear on her show for months but was blocked by the Trump administration.

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He told the New York Times over the weekend that Trump and top White House advisers would sometimes call him after an interview to ask him why he wasn’t giving a more “positive” view of the pandemic or why he was contradicting them. Trump’s assertions.

The Daily Beast, citing two sources, reported that Trump had been following Fauci’s media tour closely from his new home in Mar-a-Lago, complaining of his “incompetence” and how he should have fired him. infectious disease expert when he had the chance.

(Trump, in fact, did not have the power to directly fire Fauci because he is a public service employee and not a political member.)

The Daily Beast reported that Trump was angry that he couldn’t tweet about Fauci because his Twitter account was permanently suspended following the Capitol riot.

“He really feels like a lot of people are trying to degrade his heritage out of hatred for him,” a source told The Daily Beast.

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Trump and Fauci have often argued over how to handle the COVID-19 outbreak and over the government’s message.

Trump pushed to reopen schools and businesses, while Fauci said more restrictions were needed.

Trump has taken a non-participatory approach, leaving decisions primarily to states. Biden, meanwhile, is trying to find other ways for the federal government to intervene to curb the spread of the virus, from requiring masks on public transportation to the ramp-up of vaccine distribution.

Biden has his work cut out for him; reported infections in the United States topped 25 million over the weekend, with more than 400,000 deaths.