The doctor Birx said on Sunday that the United States had entered a “new phase” of the health crisis. A reaction deemed to be “pitiful” by the president.
In the fight against the Covid-19, Donald Trump wants to believe in the optimism and fighting against those who oppose it. The american president lashed out Monday at his coordinator of the fight against the Covid-19, Dr. Deborah Birx, who he accuses of having given in to pressure from the opposition democrat party, showing himself to be too pessimistic about the pandemic.
The doctor Birx said on Sunday on the chain of continuous information CNN that the United States had entered a “new phase” of the health crisis, and that the inhabitants of the rural areas of the country, by far the most grief-stricken in the world by the Covid-19, were not at the shelter. “Deborah has bitten at the hook, and we typed on it. Pitiful !”, he commented Monday on Twitter.
The president had already distanced himself from several weeks with the immunologist Anthony Fauci, a member of the crisis unit of the White House on the pandemic. He accused this well-respected in the United States of being too “alarmist” and said last week: find it unfair that the rating of popularity of a doctor is much higher than hers.
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“Pitiful”
The billionaire republican believes this time that the doctor, in charge of coordinating the response of the White House in the face of the pandemic, has not adopted this tone more alarmist that after having been attacked by one of the leaders of the opposition democrat party, Nancy Pelosi. “The president, spread misinformation about the virus and she (Dr. Birx) is his voice,” was denounced on ABC the president of the House of representatives.
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The White House was in the first time entered the fray to defend his specialist. “It is extremely irresponsible on the part of Ms. Pelosi to constantly undermine Dr. Birx and to instill the distrust of it among the public”, was tweeted Alyssa Farah, communications director of the executive american.
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But Donald Trump has used a different tone on Monday : “Nancy Pelosi, the crazy has said horrible things about Dr. Deborah Birx, and has taken to it because it was too positive on the excellent work we do to fight the virus chinese (…) in Order to meet Nancy, Deborah has bitten at the hook, and we typed on it. Pitiful !”, a-t-launched it.
