Trump: I warned Biden about Fauci, but he gave him 'vast destructive power'

(Background) U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media during a bilateral meeting with President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office of the White House on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (R) : Former NIH Director Anthony Fauci listens during a hearing with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.

In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump reaffirmed his belief that COVID-19 originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, saying former President Joe Biden gave Dr. Anthony Fauci “vast destructive power” during the pandemic, despite continuously warning Biden that the doctor “was no good.”

Trump’s post came ahead of Fauci’s testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday after he was subpoenaed by committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.). During the hearing, Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment, refusing to answer questions on both COVID-19-related and unrelated topics more than 100 times.

Early Wednesday morning, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Fauci’s ideas were “crazy” and that he had repeatedly warned officials the virus could have come from the Wuhan Laboratory since “the beginning.”

“Many more people died of Covid under the Biden Administration than under the Trump Administration. “Operation Warp Speed” was a SPECTACULAR SUCCESS, in fact, many say, one of the most successful things ever done by an American President. I overrode Fauci on this. His ideas were CRAZY! Also, I said from the beginning that the Virus came from the Wuhan Laboratory in China. Fauci strongly disagreed, always trying to protect China,” Trump said Wednesday.

 

“I Inherited Fauci, who was there since the 1980’s, but with each passing day, relied less and less on him. He made too many bad calls, like on MASKS. Remember at the beginning he was an anti-masker. He then switched to a super-masker. In any event I didn’t let him shut the Country down, although he wanted to. I went the Federalist way, and let the governors decide. The Republican governors did a much better job than the Dumocrats,” the president continued.

“Fauci was largely taken out of play, and then along came Sleepy Joe Biden, who made Fauci a “King!” I called Biden to tell him Fauci was no good, either didn’t have a clue, or was dishonest. The call was well received, but sadly, not acted on. Biden went on to give Fauci vast destructive power. The rest is history!”

Trump Truth Social Post

Ahead of the hearing, Paul released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s diary, highlighting the conflicting statements the doctor made regarding the nature and origin of COVID-19 in both public and congressional statements during the pandemic.

 

Paul has called for the former chief medical advisor to be criminally investigated since the beginning of the pandemic, saying Fauci was dishonest in previous testimony to Congress.