Calls Fauci 'a little bit of an alarmist' who 'made some mistakes'

In a July 19, 2020 interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, filmed at the White House, Trump was asked about his administration's campaign to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease official, after the White House had circulated an unsigned document to reporters days earlier listing what it called instances of Fauci being wrong. Trump said, "Dr. Fauci's made some mistakes," then added, "He's a little bit of an alarmist. That's OK. A little bit of an alarmist," citing Fauci's early-pandemic comments on masks and travel restrictions from China. Fact-checkers found the White House's list of Fauci's purported errors misrepresented his public statements, including manufacturing a contradiction that did not exist. Fauci later told reporters he had "not been misleading the American public under any circumstances."

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