Trump says he warned Biden about Fauci, was ignored

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times - Wednesday, July 29, 2026

President Trump on Wednesday said he sent a warning early in former President Biden’s term about Dr. Anthony Fauci.

“I called Biden to tell him Fauci was no good, either didn’t have a clue, or was dishonest,” Mr. Trump said on social media. “The call was well received, but sadly, not acted on.

“Biden went on to give Fauci vast destructive power. The rest is history!”

Mr. Trump took apart Dr. Fauci, the former longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who took the Fifth before the Senate Homeland Security Committee after being subpoenaed to testify following the release of his diary excerpts during the pandemic.

Mr. Trump posted, “Many more people died of Covid under the Biden Administration than under the Trump Administration. ’Operation Warp Speed’ was a SPECTACULAR SUCCESS, in fact, many say, one of the most successful things ever done by an American President. I overrode Fauci on this.”

The president said Dr. Fauci’s ideas were “crazy.”

Mr. Trump also wrote that he said from the start that the virus came from the Wuhan Laboratory in China, but that Dr. Fauci “strongly disagreed, always trying to protect China.”

The president added, “I inherited Fauci, who was there since the 1980s, but with each passing day, relied less and less on him. He made too many bad calls, like on MASKS. Remember at the beginning he was an anti-masker. He then switched to a super-masker.”

Mr. Trump said he didn’t let Dr. Fauci shut down the country, despite the director’s urging, preferring to let governors decide how to approach public safety measures related to the pandemic.

“The Republican governors did a much better job than the Dumocrats,” the president wrote. “Fauci was largely taken out of play, and then along came Sleepy Joe Biden, who made Fauci a ’King!’”