Trump on Fauci: ‘Had I Taken His Advice, The Whole Country Would’ve Been Closed Down’

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TRUMP: "If I had taken his advice, the whole country would have been closed down, and much of the country was open because I didn’t close it down. What I did do, though, is with Operation Warp Speed, is we got things done that nobody’s ever seen in terms of all of the gear necessary. And we learned that the cupboards were bare. You know, when I took over, we had no none of this. We didn’t have the ventilators, we didn't have anything. We ended up becoming the number one ventilator producer, we were supplying ventilators to other countries by the time we got going. We did a great job. No, but I was not a believer because he said everybody has to wear a mask, then he said don't wear a mask. You remember it was a whole thing, wear them, don't wear them. I said, 'What are you doing?' He started off saying, 'Don’t wear them.' Then he said, 'Wear them.' Then he said, 'Don't wear them.' And I lost respect for him during the period of time. But I inherited him. He's been there since 1980s, I mean, he was a guy that was there that I inherited, and with time, I did not mind him, I did not find him to be bad personally, as a person, but I did not agree with what he was saying and what he was doing. And when Biden came in, he inherited him and he gave him a tremendously high position and then he gave him a pardon."