As I said, Trump took his cues from Fauci:Trump knew before the virus hit that it was bad… deadly… and easily spread.
That’s on TAPE
And he played it down.
"On Jan. 21 - the day the first COVID-19 case in the U.S. was confirmed - Fauci appeared on conservative Newsmax TV. "Bottom line, we don’t have to worry about this one, right?" asked Greg Kelly, the host.
Fauci said, "Obviously, you need to take it seriously and do the kind of things the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the Department of Homeland Security is doing. But this is not a major threat to the people of the United States and this is not something that the citizens of the United States right now should be worried about."
Did Fauci tell U.S. 'not to worry about' coronavirus?
Former White House advisor Steve Bannon has been defending President Donald Trump against criticism that he was slow res
www.politifact.com
There is nothing to change perception that Fauci lied about his group's involvement with the Wuhan lab that let the virus escape:
Fauci 'Untruthful' to Congress About Wuhan Lab Research, Documents Suggest
Newly released grant proposals indicate the National Institutes of Health funded controversial gain of function research—appearing to contradict what Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress earlier this year.
www.newsweek.com