President Donald Trump on Friday rebuked his administration’s top infectious disease expert, rejecting Dr. Anthony Fauci’s warning that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic could keep football from returning this fall.
“Tony Fauci has nothing to do with NFL Football,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “They are planning a very safe and controlled opening.”
The president’s social media post put him at odds with the man who spent weeks as perhaps the most prominent face of the White House’s coronavirus response team. But Fauci’s role appears to have diminished in recent weeks as the Trump administration has shifted toward efforts aimed at reopening the country. Continue reading.