[AnotherUnixGeek]

But also, he wasn’t a big player in my administration," President Trump said. "Dr. Fauci became a big player in the administration of Biden

This won't fly. Fauci became a national figure under Trump. He was present at every major speech Trump made on the pandemic. One of Trump's last acts as POTUS was to award Fauci with a Presidential Commendation.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

You still don't get Trump, do you?

Trump punishes his enemies by giving them the spotlight.

Now everyone sees what a fraud he is.

You know if Trump would have fired him he would have been impeached for the 3rd time.

[mass55th]

Who made Fauci a national figure? It wasn’t Trump. It was the media. “Dr. Ouchie Fauci?” That wasn’t a Trump nickname. The media glorified the guy, made sure it was known he was the long-time expert in immunology, and did everything they could to belittle Trump whenever he made recommendations that weren’t Fauci-cleared. Fauci was the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022. That’s 38 f-ing years, and you expected Trump to pretend he didn’t exist, and refuse to use him as an advisor during Covid? You’re delusional.