Trump calls Dr. Fauci a ‘disaster’ during conference call with campaign workers

President Donald Trump called coronavirus expert Anthony Fauci a “disaster” on Monday and sought to reassure campaign workers he still has a path to victory on Election Day 15 days away despite slipping opinion poll numbers.

Fauci has openly complained about being cited in a Trump re-election campaign advertisement and said in an interview broadcast on Sunday night by CBS' “60 Minutes” that he was not surprised Trump himself contracted the virus.

If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths,” Trump said on a call with campaign workers which the campaign allowed reporters to join.

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