Dr. Fauci Admits Working in Trump Administration Was ‘Somewhat Awkward’ .
Dr. Anthony Fauci recently spoke to the ‘Harvard Business Review’ about what it was like to work under Donald Trump.
According to Fauci, it was “somewhat awkward” serving in the Trump administration.
Fauci and Trump regularly butted heads on policies pertaining to COVID-19, something Fauci said he took “no pleasure in.” .
It's not a happy day when you have to get up in front of national TV and contradict something that the president of the United States says … I take no pleasure in that at all, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to 'Harvard Business Review'.
Fauci found it “particularly problematic” when Trump would downplay the severity of the virus.
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That would often put me in direct conflict — not emotional conflict, but factual conflict — with what the president might say … So obviously that has not been an easy thing to do, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to 'Harvard Business Review'.
In December, Biden asked Fauci to stay on board as the leader of the coronavirus task force team and become his chief medical adviser.
Fauci reportedly accepted the offer “right on the spot.”
