Trump news – live: Fauci says he would quit if ex-president re-elected as Covid deaths hit 1 million
As the US’s Covid-19 death toll officially hits 1 million, Dr Anthony Fauci, the senior public health adviser who became a national figure during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, has confirmed that he would not want to serve in another Trump administration.
“Would you have confidence in his ability to deal with a pandemic of this nature?” he was asked by CNN’s Jim Acosta yesterday. “Would you want to stay on at your post?”
“Well, no to the second question,” he laughed. “The first question… if you look at the history of what the response was during the administration, I think, you know, at best you could say it wasn’t optimal. And I think just history will speak for itself.”
Pressed to say he would not serve with Mr Trump again, he was clearer: “Right. For sure.”
In a separate interview, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mused on the perverse impact Mr Trump has had on the judiciary. “Who would have ever suspected that a creature like Donald Trump would become president of the United States,” she said.
