US President Donald Trump attacked Monday, August 3, his coordinator of the fight against Covid-19, Dr. Deborah Birx, whom he accuses of having yielded to pressure from the Democratic opposition by showing himself too pessimistic about the pandemic.
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Deborah Birx told daily CNN on Sunday that the United States had entered a " new phase " in the health crisis and that people in rural areas of the country, by far the most bereaved in the world by the Covid-19, were not immune.
“ Deborah took a bite of the hook and hit us. Pitiful! Donald Trump commented Monday on Twitter. The Republican billionaire believes that the doctor, responsible for coordinating the White House's response to the pandemic, only adopted this more alarmist tone after being attacked by one of the leaders of the Democratic opposition , Nancy Pelosi.
" Nancy Pelosi the mad "
" The president spreads disinformation on the virus and she (Dr Birx) is his megaphone ", had denounced on the ABC channel the president of the House of Representatives. The White House was initially stepped up to defend its specialist. " It is extremely irresponsible on the part of Ms. Pelosi to constantly undermine Dr. Birx and instill mistrust of her among the public, " tweeted Alyssa Farah, director of communications for the US executive.
Donald Trump used a different tone on Monday. “ Mad Nancy Pelosi said horrible things about Dr Deborah Birx and lashed out at her because she was too positive about the great work we are doing to fight the Chinese virus (...) In order to respond in Nancy, Deborah took a bite of the hook and hit us. Pitiful! “, He launched. The president has already distanced himself for several weeks from immunologist Anthony Fauci, member of the White House crisis cell on the pandemic. He accused this highly respected figure in the United States of being too “ alarmist ” and said last week that he found it unfair that the doctor's popularity rating was significantly higher than his.
