Trump says he 'gets along very well' with Dr. Anthony Fauci despite reports of tension

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• President Donald Trump said his relationship with Dr. Anthony Fauci is good amid reports that Trump is frustrated with Fauci's blunt public comments on the coronavirus that clash with Trump's messaging. 
• When Fox News host Bill Hemmer asked Trump, "Is everything cool with you and Dr. Fauci?," at a Fox News coronavirus town hall, Trump responded, "We get along very well. He has other things to do."
• Fauci has consistently been one of the most public-facing and trusted voices on the coronavirus crisis — sometimes at odds with the White House's more optimistic messaging in doing so.
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President Donald Trump sought to quell rumors of tension between him and Dr. Anthony Fauci in a Tuesday afternoon Fox News town hall. 

On Monday, The New York Times reported that Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Fauci's blunt assessments of the coronavirus crisis, and "his patience is wearing thin" with Fauci publicly contradicting Trump on several aspects of the administration's response, from the severity of the crisis to the availability and effectiveness of treatments. 

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