Anderson Cooper played it
On the campaign call, Trump said: “Every time he (Fauci) goes on television, there’s always a bomb, but there’s a bigger bomb if you fire him.”
The chances of Trump firing Fauci have been an ever-present part of US political life under the pandemic, the doctor’s straight answers to media questions often placing him at odds with a president who equally habitually makes misleading claims or lies outright.
Fauci has also become something of a media darling, beloved of the public, even appearing with his wife in a fashion shoot. Previous advisers to Trump whose profile rose to such heights – the campaign manager, White House strategist and now indicted fraudster Steve Bannon prominent among them – have not lasted long.
On Monday Trump acknowledged that reporters were listening in to the call. But he seemed unconcerned about his attacks on Fauci being made public.
“If there’s a reporter on, you can have it just the way I said it, I couldn’t care less,” he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/19/trump-fauci-idiot-experts-criticism-coronavirus
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