--- title: "Trump Tells Crowd He’ll Fire Fauci If He Wins the Election" description: "A \"Fire Fauci\" chant broke out at a recent Trump rally. \"Don’t tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election,\" the president replied." date: "2020-11-02" modified: "2020-11-02" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/trump-fire-fauci" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "coronavirus" - "covid19" - "donald trump" - "fauci" - "niaid" - "trump" --- # Trump Tells Crowd He’ll Fire Fauci If He Wins the Election ![A "Fire Fauci" chant broke out at a recent Trump rally. "Don’t tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election," the president replied.]() *\Image: Gage Skidmore\* A chant of "Fire Fauci" broke out at a recent Donald Trump rally in Florida — and in reply, Trump appeared to say that he planned to fire the public health official after the election. "Don’t tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election," he hinted back to the chanting crowd. Anthony Fauci, the country's leading infectious disease expert, has oftentimes [been at odds]() with president Donald Trump when it comes to the country's handling of the coronavirus crisis. Fauci has been advocating for scientific reasoning and caution, which often has gone against Trump's strategy of [underplaying]() the severity of the situation. He has become a trusted source of news and advice during the ongoing pandemic — something that has [enraged the president](). Fauci has also been painting a grim picture of what's still to come — unsurprising in light of 230,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the US, with [hundreds of thousands more]() projected to die without an effective approach to "flattening the curve." "We’re in for a whole lot of hurt," Fauci [told the *Washington Post*]() on Friday. "It’s not a good situation." "All the stars are aligned in the wrong place as you go into the fall and winter season, with people congregating at home indoors," he added. "You could not possibly be positioned more poorly." Following the interview, the White House was quick to cry foul, accusing the physician of political bias. ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()