<p>Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> said during an interview this week that he did not fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, because he was &#8220;not actually allowed to fire him,&#8221; but that he would normally do it anyway.</p>
<p>Trump made the remarks during a Fox News interview with anchor Bret Baier that aired Tuesday evening.</p>
<p>During the interview, Trump claimed that people tell him he saved 100 million people around the world, but that &#8220;I don’t even talk about it.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I said, I really don’t want to talk about it because, as a Republican, it’s not a great thing to talk about because, for some reason, it’s just not,” Trump said.</p>
<p>“For some reason?” Baier probed.</p>
<p>“Yeah, for some reason,” Trump responded. “Because, people love the vaccines, and people hate the vaccines. But, conservatives aren’t — and I understand both sides of it, by the way. I understand both sides very well. What I didn’t do is the mandates — the mandates and the vaccines don’t go.”</p>
<p>Trump immediately sought to shift gears by attacking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, claiming that DeSantis &#8220;loved Fauci.&#8221;</p>
<p>Baier responded, “Sure, but you didn’t fire him. You listened to him, you kept him on.”</p>
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<p>“You’re not actually allowed to fire him,&#8221; Trump claimed, &#8220;but I wouldn’t let that usually get in my way. You know, it’s one of those things. But you have a lot of people that love the vaccines, I mean, you do. They happen to be more Democrat than they are Republican.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump says he saved the lives of 100 million people, but says &quot;for some reason&quot; people don&#39;t like the COVID vaccines his administration developed. </p>
<p>When Bret Baier noted that Trump didn&#39;t fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, Trump responded, “Well he’s the civil service, you are not actually… <a href="https://t.co/BqEYzJkdS4">pic.twitter.com/BqEYzJkdS4</a></p>
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