“He’s [Trump] been so attentive to the scientific literature and the details and the data,” Birx said. “I think his ability to analyze and integrate data that comes out of his long history in business has really been a real benefit during these discussions about medical issues.”
Dr. Birx interview with a Christian Broadcast Network March 20, 2020
I do recall her praising Trump at times.
But I figured if she needs to blow a little smoke up his ass to get him to attend to the genuine science, that's fine. But her science seems to have been all wrong.
Perhaps she got too caught up in having the president's ear and having folks discuss her fashion choices. But all she did was provide cover and bad advice to Trump.
Fauci has been better than Birx, but he initially lied to the American people about the need/utility of face masks. Inexcusable and deadly. Never advocated for a national plan, until he mentioned it finally a few days ago,
in August. Has been willing to contradict some extremely dumb Trump ideas, such as recommending an unproven malaria drug. So another way of putting it is that Fauci was pretty useless and harmful for months and has improved. He seems to know what needs to be done when it's way too late ...
And even Trump recognized how useless Redfield and Hahn were and sidelined them before they could stumble around too much, though they helped waste a crucial few weeks.
