Anthony Fauci
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He made the admission in an interview with The New York Times about his experiences working for the former President Trump
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“[O]One day I received a letter in the mail, I opened it and a puff of powder came over my face and chest. That was very, very disturbing to me and my wife because it was in my office, ”the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told the Times. So I just looked at it all the way and said, ‘What am I supposed to do? ‘The security detail was there, and they have a lot of experience with it. They said, “Don’t move, stay in the room.” And they have the hazmat people. So they came, they shot me and everything. “
Fauci said the substance had been tested and determined to be a “benign nothing” but it was a frightening experience anyway. He added that he did not know if then-President Trump was aware of the incident, nor did he warn anyone close to Trump.
‘Who would I tell? What’s the point of telling someone? It was also covered by the FBI. research, and they don’t want you to talk about it, ”Fauci said.
Fauci has become one of the most talked about government health officials during the coronavirus pandemic, and polls regularly show that he is the most trusted. But he and his family have also received numerous death threats, which he said last week “ enraged ” him.
Fauci also told the paper that neither Trump nor the former president’s inner circle admitted he was right about the virus, even after the then president was hospitalized with the coronavirus. However, he described himself as unconcerned about being fired by Trump, despite joking at a rally to do just that.
‘I thought he wouldn’t. I think he is. People said, ‘Oh, weren’t you shocked to get a call the next day?’ Fauci said. ‘I didn’t think he was going to fire me at all. It was just, you know, Donald Trump was Donald Trump. “
Fauci was often sidelined during the Trump administration, but was never fired in the end. President Biden made Fauci his chief medical advisor for COVID-19.