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Trump Seems Peeved Americans Like Coronavirus Expert More Than Him

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump seems peeved that the American
   public likes and trusts his coronavirus infectious disease expert, Dr.
   Anthony Fauci, more than him.

   "It's interesting. He's got a very good approval rating, and I like
   that. It's good," Trump said Tuesday during one of his occasional
   coronavirus news briefings at the White House.

   "Because, remember, he's working for this administration. He's working
   with us," the U.S. leader said. "We could've gotten other people. We
   could've gotten somebody else. It didn't have to be Dr. Fauci. He's
   working with our administration, and for the most part, we've done
   pretty much what he and others ... recommended."

   But Trump pondered, "He's got this high approval rating, so why don't I
   have a high approval rating ... with respect to the virus?

   "It sort of is curious," Trump said. "A man works for us, with us, very
   closely, Dr. Fauci and Dr. [Deborah] Birx, also highly thought of, and
   yet they're highly thought of, but nobody likes me. It can only be my
   personality. That's all," he said.

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