The Trump administration is backing down from its war with Fauci after it became obvious it was backfiring

The White House is backing away from its bid to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious-disease expert.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday rebuked his trade adviser Peter Navarro for a scathing op-ed article in which Navarro said Fauci was "wrong about everything."
It signaled a change in tone after several days of attacks on Fauci's credibility, which began with an anonymous White House official circulating a list of reasons to mistrust him.
The push to discredit Fauci — one of the most trusted US figures in polling about the coronavirus — sparked a backlash from top Republicans.
Fauci himself responded, telling The Atlantic: "I think they realize now that that was not a prudent thing to do, because it's only reflecting negatively on them."

The Trump administration is backing away from its attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious-disease expert whose stark warnings about the coronavirus pandemic repeatedly clashed with President Donald Trump.

The White House trade adviser Peter Navarro had criticized Fauci in a scathing op-ed article on Wednesday, the most public move against Fauci by a government official.

"Dr. Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on," he wrote in USA Today.

It was one of a series of attacks on Fauci that escalated Sunday when an anonymous White House official provided news organizations a list of early statements Fauci made about the coronavirus that later proved incorrect.

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So much about the swamp draining, when the pressure gets you and some tactics "backfire" best thing is to step aside and give them space for them, the swamp to shine, part of the plan? huh