Lead immunologist Anthony Fauci is happy to continue his work under Joe Biden.
He even loses a few good words about Trump personally.
But often he could only shake his head.
Washington, DC -
Anthony Fauci
puts his work above his own feelings.
The American
Immunologist had a
particularly difficult time
in the
corona pandemic
under President
Donald Trump
.
He was sometimes insulted, misrepresented, ignored, and his advice and expertise were not always accepted.
But Fauci has worked for the US government for so many presidents that you notice a certain routine in the 80-year-old.
In a recent interview with
The Atlantic
magazine
, his reflection on what happened is
particularly
evident.
He was not deterred by all of this under Trump.
He had and still has an important task:
defeat
Corona
.
“The problem is so huge.
People's lives are at stake.
I am a doctor.
I am a scientist.
I am a public health professional.
I know what to do
All that other stuff is just a distraction.
To be honest, it's bullshit, ”explained
Fauci
his behaviour.
Immunologist Fauci: Donald Trump went into a whole different world
But he had it with
Trump
and his team especially hard to get away with facts and scientific assessments: "With every other president, whether conservative, moderate or liberal, the guide for everything was a deep respect for
science,
" says Fauci.
"When I dealt with Trump, it went into a different world, as I had never seen it before." He lacked austerity in the
White House
.
Pals or any other person got close to the president and told him something.
“Trump would bring the anecdote to the same level as scientific data.” Fauci sums this up as a “surreal experience”.
Sometimes
Fauci
could
only shake his head: If any people, in his opinion, said "complete nonsense" to the president, he would just sit there and say to himself: "Boy, there are a lot of unusual things going on here."
Anthony Fauci as corona advisor to the US government: Warm words about Trump and pence
Towards the end of his term of office, Trump even went so far that he
retweeted
a tweet with the hashtag
“FireFauci”
(German: “Fauci firing”).
The impression grew that Trump wanted to get rid of the expert - which, however, would not have been that easy and which Trump ultimately rejected.
But Fauci was not deterred by that either: “He didn't undermine me because I didn't take care of him.
I didn't care what he said, “his anchor was his institute for infectious diseases.
According to Fauci, he was not worried that he would actually be fired.
But Fauci was not only involved with Trump, his
Vice President Mike Pence
can also assess Fauci after many years: "Basically, he is really a good person," he said.
“He put himself in such a difficult position because he was very loyal to the president.
Deep down he's a very smart guy. ”He was also“ really nice, to be honest ”.
Fauci even gives such a personal description of
Trump
: “If I say that I like him, my wife would have a heart attack.
But there was something about him that was
charismatic
and
personable
on a personal basis
- not on a political basis. ”In the context of a question about Trump's long refusal to mask, Fauci also added:“ He's a very macho guy.
It's almost as if wearing a mask diminishes manhood. ”At least that is how Trump thought that
masks
were a sign of weakness for him.
Fauci's success in serving so many
US presidents
certainly comes from trying to stay out of politics.
In the
corona pandemic
, it became clear because of the situation: In an interview at the time, he said that lives could have been saved if the country had taken corona measures earlier.
But that is exactly his task, which he is now also systematically pursuing: saving human lives.
Under the government of
Joe Biden
, immunologist Fauci is now receiving much more attention than before.
He himself says that a new world has come with Biden: "It's not an anecdote, it's facts."
(Cibo)