Dr. Fauci Admits Working in<br />Trump Administration Was<br />‘Somewhat Awkward’ .<br />Dr. Anthony Fauci recently<br />spoke to the ‘Harvard Business<br />Review’ about what it was like to<br />work under Donald Trump.<br />According to Fauci, it was<br />“somewhat awkward” serving<br />in the Trump administration.<br />Fauci and Trump regularly butted heads<br />on policies pertaining to COVID-19, something<br />Fauci said he took “no pleasure in.” .<br />It's not a happy day when you have<br />to get up in front of national TV and<br />contradict something that the president<br />of the United States says … I take no<br />pleasure in that at all, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to 'Harvard Business Review'.<br />Fauci found it “particularly problematic” <br />when Trump would downplay<br />the severity of the virus. .<br />That would often put me in<br />direct conflict — not emotional<br />conflict, but factual conflict —<br />with what the president might<br />say … So obviously that has<br />not been an easy thing to do, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to 'Harvard Business Review'.<br />In December, Biden asked Fauci to stay on board <br />as the leader of the coronavirus task force team<br />and become his chief medical adviser.<br />Fauci reportedly accepted the<br />offer “right on the spot.”
