Trump: Fauci ‘Terrific Guy’ But Not ‘Team Player’

By Newsmax
Posted on 10/20/20 | News Source: MATZAV

A day after claiming that the American people are tired of listening to Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that he gets along with the nation’s top infectious disease specialist while also complaining the doctor who has clashed with him at times over the coronavirus is not a “team player.”

Trump’s strained relationship with Fauci has political overtones as the president defends his record on the coronavirus just two weeks before Election Day. Polls show him trailing Democrat Joe Biden in key battleground states, but Trump says he’s confident of victory.

“He’s a nice guy,” Trump said of Fauci in a telephone interview with “Fox & Friends” from the White House ahead of an evening rally in Erie, Pennsylvania

“The only thing I say is he’s a little bit sometimes not a team player,” Trump said, denying that the two were “at odds.”

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