President Trump's top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, said that Dr. Fauci's caution about the effectiveness of an anti-malaria drug that the president has been urging as a treatment for the coronavirus warrants a 'second opinion.'
One source said that Navarro was"a little hot" during the exchange and that officials found it"jarring" that he became so animated in front of the vice president and Cabinet secretaries.
Fauci sounded a similar note of caution on the drug in an interview with CBS on Sunday, saying there'd been some reports of the drug's helping — and other reports of it's having zero effect. Asked to comment on Fauci's statement, Navarro told CNN,"I'll let him speak for himself," but"I have two words for you — second opinion.""Doctors disagree about things all the time. My qualifications in terms of looking at the science is that I'm a social scientist. I have a Ph.D. And I understand how to read statistical studies, whether it's in medicine, the law, economics or whatever," Navarro said.
Asked whether he wanted a doctor making trade deals, Navarro said,"touché," before accusing anchor John Berman of engaging in a"false narrative."Trump has touted the drug as a potential"game changer" on an almost-daily basis. When Fauci was asked about the drug at the White House briefing Sunday,"There's signs it works on this — very strong signs," Trump said."I've seen things that I sort of like. What do I know? I'm not a doctor.
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