Trump ‘Totally’ Disagrees With Dr. Fauci on Lockdown; Trump Criticizes Fauci’s Senate Testimony

By The Blaze. President Donald Trump voiced his disagreement with his own coronavirus task force director over his recommendations on further lockdown policies to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The president was speaking to the media about lifting the lockdown restrictions when he addressed Dr. Fauci’s concerns about opening up too quickly.

“I was surprised by his answer actually because, it’s just to me it’s not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools,” Trump said. . .

“We have to get the schools open, we have to get our country open, we have to open our country. Now we want to do it safely, but we also want to do it as quickly as possible, we can’t keep going on like this,” he explained.

“You’re having bedlam already in the streets, you can’t do this,” he added. “We have to get it open. I totally disagree with him on schools.” (Read more from “Trump ‘Totally’ Disagrees With Dr. Fauci on Lockdown” HERE)

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Trump Criticizes Fauci’s Senate Testimony: ‘Not an Acceptable Answer’

By NBC News. President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized comments Dr. Anthony Fauci made during a congressional hearing about the risks of reopening the country too soon as “not an acceptable answer.” . .

Trump has repeatedly contradicted Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, painting an overly rosy picture of a country that he says is ready to begin to return to normal.

Testifying by videoconference Tuesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Fauci warned of serious consequences if governors reopen state economies too soon.

“My concern — that if some areas, city, states or what have you jump over those various checkpoints and prematurely open up without having the capability of being able to respond effectively and efficiently — my concern is that we will start to see little spikes that might turn into outbreaks,” Fauci said in response to a question from Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the ranking Democrat on the committee. . .

In a taped interview with Fox Business Network, a clip of which was released Wednesday, Trump said: “Anthony is a good person, a very good person. I’ve disagreed with him. I totally disagree with him on schools.” (Read more from “Trump Criticizes Fauci’s Senate Testimony: ‘Not an Acceptable Answer'” HERE)

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