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US President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly undermined Dr. Anthony Fauci's assessments and guidance about the coronavirus pandemic. Now, Business Insider reports Fauci admitted Tuesday that his experience serving in the Trump administration has been 'somewhat awkward.' It's not a happy day when you have to get up in front of national TV and contradict something that the President of the United States says. I take no pleasure in that at all. Dr. Anthony Fauci Interview, Harvard Business Review Fauci has been the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. He's worked with every US president since Ronald Reagan. But Trump has repeatedly contradicted Fauci's assessment of the pandemic and pushed back against necessary public-health measures.
Barbara Res is a real estate executive who once worked for now-President Donald Trump, overseeing construction and development for the Trump Organization. Res says Trump refused to listen to expert advice, hired unqualified people based on their loyalty to him, disrespected his employees, and used racist language. According to Business Insider, Res says Trump once complained to her about seeing a Black construction laborer working on one of his Trump Tower buildings. Res says Trump told her, 'I don't want people thinking Trump Towers are being built by Black people.' She added that Trump also said he didn't want Black people lounging in his building lobbies, because 'millionaires are coming into my apartments.'
Rudy Giuliani is up against numerous calls for his license to practice law to be revoked. But the bar to disbarment is set very high, and legal experts are divided as to whether Giuliani's conduct has been egregious enough to merit such a harsh punishment. According to Business Insider, President Donald Trump's personal attorney has been criticized for frivolous, dishonest litigation. Experts say that disbarment is unlikely, though Giuliani could face lesser sanctions from state bar associations and courts. Although Giuliani got more attention for his recent courtroom antics regarding the general election, other activities actually put him at greater risk. Specifically, if he's convicted in a case stemming from a federal probe related to his work in Ukraine on behalf of Trump, which led to Trump's impeachment.
Asked about a report that North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is in a serious condition after being treated after surgery, US President Donald Trump tells reporters: "I wish him well." SOUNDBITE
Kim Kardashian West is set to meet with President Trump to discuss criminal justice reform on Wednesday (04.03.20).
Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong holds welcoming ceremony for the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. IMAGES