5 takeaways on Fauci's diaries during COVID-19 response

In years' worth of journal entries, Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote about the uncertainty surrounding the origins of COVID-19, the media attention he received during the pandemic and his 'unique' relationship with President Trump. 'We know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier,' Fauci wrote on Jan. 26, 2020. 'Having said that, somewhere the virus jumped from animals to humans.' The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyoperbole to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable peson in the world, he wrote on May 21, 2020. But Fauci also expressed dissatisfaction with Trump's rhetorical style during press briefings. On March 22, 2020, he wrote the president's remarks were 'very rambling and disorganized' and he would have 'advised against' Trump ad-libbing. 'Very laborious press conference where the POTUS rambled on,' Fauci wrote on March 27, 2020. 'He wasted the opportunity to just focus on the relief package and went inot his diatribe against previous administrations.' On May 15, 2020, Fauci wrote that Trump told him, 'Tony, you are losing me trillions of f---ing dollars.'