“So you can’t blame Trump for that and he did what he could to shut him out.”
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Trump made Fauci the face of his Covid response, including looong daily briefings on TV, with the last one under Trump being in mid Nov 2020. To argue Trump was a helpless bystander is absurd.
Early on he was. But not much after.
Links:
APRIL
Fauci’s absence from recent coronavirus briefings draws notice
The national health expert was in attendance for just one of this week’s seven briefings.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/fauci-s-absence-recent-coronavirus-briefings-draws-notice-n1192421
MAY
Fauci conspicuously stops doing TV interviews as White House moves to reopen economy:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/20/media/anthony-fauci-tv-interviews/index.html
JUNE
TRUMP STOPS BRIEFINGS
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/10/white-house-stops-talking-about-coronavirus-309993
JULY
Trump defends solo news conferences without Fauci or Birx
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/politics/trump-coronavirus-briefing/index.html