Trump slams Dr Fauci and Dr Birx as 'self promoters' and 'liars' over their COVID-19 comments

Donald Trump has released a lengthy statement castigating Dr Anthony Fauci and Dr Deborah Birx as 'self promoters' and 'liars,' after the pair criticised the former president's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr Trump said two of his former top medical advisers are "trying to reinvent history" and that he often ignored their advice when grappling with the outbreak.

Dr Fauci and Dr Birx, who were part of the US government's coronavirus taskforce, were interviewed for CNN's special report titled: "COVID WAR: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out."

During the report, Dr Birx claimed Mr Trump's mishandling of the crisis contributed to America's high COVID-19 deatholl.

Mr Trump said Dr Fauci and Dr Birx are "self promoters" who advocated "bad policies."

"Based on their interviews, I felt it was time to speak up about Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx, two self-promoters trying to reinvent history to cover for their bad instincts and faulty recommendations, which I fortunately almost always overturned," he wrote.

"They had bad policy decisions that would have left our country open to China and others, closed to reopening our economy, and years away from an approved vaccine—putting millions of lives at risk."

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