Trump Says Fauci, Birx Are ‘Self-Promoters Trying to Reinvent History’ in Scathing Statement

Flanked by White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx (L) and Dr. Anthony Fauci (R), director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks about coronavirus vaccine development in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 15, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump on March 29 harshly criticized two of his top White House Coronavirus Task Force advisors, calling Dr. Anthony Fauci the “king of flip-flops” and referring to Dr. Deborah Birx as a “proven liar.”

The former president released the scathing six-paragraph statement one day after CNN aired a documentary featuring interviews in which Fauci and Birx criticize the Trump administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Birx opined that all of the deaths after the first 100,000 could have been mitigated.