“I don’t know that I think that’s where his focus is,” said one senior administration official. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, has proposed several times reducing in-person dining in restaurants and bars, but Trump has dismissed her suggestions, a senior administration official said. ADADKavita Patel, a physician and former health adviser in the Obama White House, described “a lot of frustration” at the staff level in the Trump administration. Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has criticized Fauci and others for being what he viewed as too apocalyptic about the virus, two administration officials said. ADADTwo former administration officials put some of the blame for the laggard White House response on Kushner.

Source: Washington Post November 15, 2020 00:43 UTC