I like Dr. Fauci, but I doubt very much if this statement is true...

[spanone]

Dr. Fauci: Trump 'got it right away' when he saw the data.

[hlthe2b]

1. The data, he probably neglected to say, was a big ZERO % chance of reelection if he doesn't

back off his idiocy.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. A certain amount of ass-kissing is necessary for him to keep his job.

He's walking a tightrope. He couldn't very well have said, "Only after we harangued him about it for several hours and pointed out that he probably wouldn't get re-elected if a million people died did he dimly understand that he needed to change course a bit."

[spanone]

3. I get it, and that's why I don't believe it's true.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Yes, we have to take with a grain of salt (or several bushels of it)

anything positive a government employee says about Trump.

[sop]

5. Obviously Fauci's not a fool, he's learned how to handle Trump.

[dragonlady]

6. And we should be glad about that n/t

[redstateblues]

8. He also enjoys the spotlight.

[Javaman]

7. the orange asshole does a great impersonation of "getting it"

just part of his bullshit grifting.

[Grammy23]

9. They had to all but bludgeon him over the head with the fact filled notebooks.

He was the LAST one to get it. I imagine they told him his chances for getting the virus expands by 1000 fold every day — just to get him to listen.