'I walk a fine line': Dr. Fauci reveals he has to force Trump to accept facts

[malaise]

and that correcting his mistakes in public is a 'risky business' - but he tries not to embarrass President by saying 'you're wrong'
Dr. Anthony Fauci admits telling President Trump 'things he doesn't want to hear' can be risky after he garnered a reputation for contradicting him publicly
'If he's gonna get pissed off, he's gonna get pissed off,' he told the New York Times 'All you need to do is continually talk about what the data are'
But he insisted Trump is 'a smart guy', adding: 'He’s not a dummy'
The top doctor said he had been surviving on three hours sleep a night
Rumors of tension between Trump and the immunologist have been circulating
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was caught smirking at Trump during a coronavirus press conference on Friday

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8139153/I-walking-fine-line-Dr-Fauci-says-correcting-Trumps-mistakes-public-risky.html
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Not one of my regular links

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

1. It'll never happen but...

I’d love to see the Doc grab him by the back of the head and slam it into the podium at the next presser. Then as dear leaders head is bouncing off the podium his body, crumples on stage and Doc yells out simultaneously “You are a fuckin’ liar, now just shut up!”

[Turin_C3PO]

3. Great visual lol.

I’d pay to see that.

[malaise]

7. I'd pay to see that

over and over

[MuseRider]

27. Like Bush** and the shoe

that could be a video that rocks the world, over and over again. Ahhhhhh, someone finally had the guts to do what we were all wanting for so long.

[empedocles]

2. We need to try and protect our allies . . . we need all the help we can get

[dchill]

4. Yeah, well, he IS a dummy.

[DFW]

5. If so, Trump is the dumbest "not-a-dummy" we have seen in a long time

And he is the stupidest "smart guy" in a position of power we have had, which, considering W, is saying something.

[malaise]

8. Let me put it this way

Anyone who has to mention his uncle's credentials to promote his own 'smarts' is the quintessential dummy

[DFW]

13. Works for me!!

[tblue37]

34. And anyone who has to keep saying, "I'm, like, a smart guy. . . ." nt

[malaise]

38. Yes indeed

He is so fucking shallow that it hurts

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. Geez, if someone said that about me, "not a dummy", I would

certainly take that as the most minimum requirement. Not a compliment.

[tblue37]

35. That's probably just the required suck-up bow." nt

[denem]

6. Fauci is not long for trump's circle.

[hangaleft]

9. Birx will be given his job

And shove her nose up Trump’s ass as far as it’ll go.

[True Blue American]

40. Doctor Birx

Looked like she was ready to walk off yesterday.

[hangaleft]

41. Well, then I retract my disparaging remark about her

Apparently, she’s not the sycophant I thought she was.

My error and apology to Dr. Birx.

[True Blue American]

45. No problem

I is hard to separate the toadies and those who hang on in their sense of duty.

I even noticed that Pompeo stepped up, took charge when Trump had one of his rages. And I certainly do not like Mike.

Now there are rumors Barr is ready to quit. Big difference in his idea of limited Government and backing a lunatic.

[DeminPennswoods]

43. She is legendary in AIDS-impacted community

She helped identify that there was something new and unknown going on when the AIDS virus first appeared and to identify the AIDS virus.

I doubt she's anyone's toady, but they all have to placate Trump in order to accomplish anything worthwhile.

[Girard442]

10. Agreed. No course between the Scylla of being a total toady and the Charybdis of getting fired.

[steve2470]

12. +1 nt

[steve2470]

11. if I was Dr. Fauci, I'd say ZERO about dictator-wannabe unless it was fawning praise or JUST RESIGN

I really wish he would just resign and just spend all his time on cable TV giving us the straight
facts without having to tap dance around Trump.

I know he probably feels he is doing a lot of good where he is (and he is), but having to
tap dance around Trump's fragile ego is really bad for his reputation and performance.

Please just resign, Dr. Fauci.....

[Scarsdale]

22. It is very demeaning

for a person of Dr. Fauci's talents and experience, to be contradicted by someone with as little brain power as tRump. Pence may have tested negative for Covid-19, but it seems he has no spine, either. Little toady stands gazing adoringly at his lord and master Don the Con.

[GoCubsGo]

30. NO. If he's gone, we're all fucking screwed.

He's the only one there who has a fucking clue as to what's going on or how to deal with this whole mess. He's doing what he's got to do when it comes to Fat Bastard. If he's gone, there's no one left to clean up all of the lies and conspiracies that The Asshole spews. Sick and sad that it has to be that way, but I'll buy him new tap shoes, if that's what it takes to keep him where he's at.

[mwb970]

14. trump is, of course, not a "smart guy". He's a dummy, and Fauci knows it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. tRump is clever about two things: media & using other people's money. He is not smart or wise

But Fauci has to placate tRump to maintain a position where he can speak to the public and influence Pence who is a little smarter but no wiser.

[LittleGirl]

16. Of course

Just listen to him try to complete a sentence. Rambling, nonsense word salad crap. All of it.
Stupidest human alive.

[maddiemom]

37. Reading an actual transcript of a Trump speech is always a surreal experience.

[LittleGirl]

39. Gives me a headache

Honestly!

[UpInArms]

18. Is "not a dummy" code

For ignorant fuckstick?

[mercuryblues]

21. I believe you are onto something.

He is way smarter than trump. He knows how to use words. No, trump is not a dummy. He is worse than that. I wish the media would let trump do his intro and just ask questions of the experts, ignoring trump completely. That is what will put him in a full meltdown rage- no attention at all. No chance to lie his way through this. No red meat for his base.

[duforsure]

19. He wouldn't have to

If Senator Warren was drafted to be over all this now, and get trump and pence away from interfering her from fixing this crisis response that failing all of us now. Trump and pence were the ones who put us in this position from doing nothing knowing it was coming, and can't tell the truth.

[gordianot]

20. Trump is getting a bump by listening to Fauci.

This will be short lived. Trump is not stupid he is cunning, corrupt, self serving and as close to being evil as anyone who has ever drawn breath. We are in the midst of a major health crisis many people will die you can only flatten the curve so long. The financial crisis is coming and it appears profit taking on the crisis is underway. Eventual collapse is coming throwing money is just a delaying tactic like flatten the curve. Riots and food rationing are coming. All in an election year.

[malaise]

23. You nailed it

but it cannot be sustained - the dam is about to break and nothing the Con says or Fauci doesn't say will hold back what's coming.

[gordianot]

24. I am actually hearing the Puke claim it will be over by mid April.

The likes of Fauci know better.

[malaise]

25. Nothing the Con says matters

I only watch him waiting for the final melt down

[True Blue American]

29. You nailed it!

Trump is becoming more desperate every day. He comes unglued. Pompeo or Pence step forward, praise him. It works for a while. Then,in private he goes off again!

Thus his BS as he was going out the door.

[Siwsan]

26. I would agree he's no dummy. I believe he is a dementia addled moron.

IMHO, of course.

[Maeve]

28. He's not a dummy--he's a fool

A dummy you can teach; a fool, not so much

[milestogo]

31. It may be the best thing if Trump dumps Fauci from his shitshow

I'd rather see Fauci interviewed somewhere where he can say exactly what he thinks every day.

[LiberalFighter]

32. Right there saying Trump is a smart guy and not a dummy says it all.

Fauci doesn't get it.

[Mr. Ected]

33. This doctor is brilliant, but he really misdiagnosed this patient

Trump is the poster child for dummies. His chief biography will be called "Dummy for Dummies".

[Hotler]

36. Dr, show some balls and walk away from him and

hold your own briefings.

[DeminPennswoods]

42. Trump is not conventionally smart

as in educated or interested in learning. But Trump has a reptilian, instinctual kind of smart. He knows how to survive. I think we do ourselves a disservice not recognizing this ability.

These fact-based advisors and staffers have to figure out how to keep Trump happy without jeopardizing their own ability to make the right things happen. I'm sure it's a fine line to walk.

[malaise]

44. Yes re his kind of smart and no because

his instinctual kind of smart will never allow the right things to happen because it's only about his own survival.

[DeminPennswoods]

46. Hopefully, Trump's instinct

for survival will coincide with doing what's right for all of us.

[malaise]

47. That will never happen

Take that to the bank

[DeminPennswoods]

52. Well, we can hope

right?

[spanone]

48. trump knows more than the generals and the doctors...

[malaise]

50. LOL

Perfect - an asshole for an asshole

[Sophia_Of_PlanetX]

49. Tomorrow's headline: "Dr. Fauci fired, replaced by Jared Kushner"

[still_one]

51. Pretty sure Dr Fauci will be gone from the trump "team"