Fauci’s diaries reveal growing frustration with Trump during pandemic’s first year

Rand Paul released Fauci’s diary entries showing the physician-scientist’s mounting disillusionment with Donald Trump in the pandemic’s first year, labeling the president as “rambling,” “crazy,” “desperate,” “bumbling,” “incompetent,” and “an idiot” while Fauci warned against underplaying the threat and bristled at the push for speedy reopenings and two daily press briefings, highlighting tense interactions, media dealings, and the political fallout ahead of the 2020 election.