- Barack Obama privately criticized Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to newly released diary entries by Dr. Anthony Fauci.
- Obama reportedly called Donald Trump Jr. 'A f****** moron' and Donald Trump 'a hopeless idiot who was a pathologic liar,' apologizing for his crude language.
- The criticism stemmed from Donald Trump Jr. selling merchandise with the slogan 'Fauci Kills Puppies,' referencing accusations about NIAID-funded research involving beagles.
- Obama also expressed frustration to Fauci that moderate Republicans were not publicly defending him against what he viewed as slanderous accusations.
- Fauci's diaries, spanning 2019 to 2022 and released by Senator Rand Paul, also detail his increasingly strained relationship with Donald Trump, whom he once described as an 'obnoxious adolescent'.
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Obama described Trump as an ‘idiot’ and Don Jr a ‘f****** moron’ in call to Fauci, diaries reveal