Speculating Dr. Fauci’s Future

US President Donald Trump's twitter account has been at the crux of many a controversy ever since the real estate mogul turned his hand to politics. So, it comes as no surprise that the latest stir, which pertains to Dr. Anthony Fauci's future, can be traced back to a seemingly innocuous retweet by the President of the United States (POTUS).

Tensions began to boil over within the White House after reports came out alleging the POTUS had ignored a series of warnings from experts about the novel coronavirus as far back as January.

Dr. Fauci, the head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, added fuel to the fire in a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, in which he appeared to inadvertently agree with those damming reports by admitting lives might have been saved had the government acted faster. The public health expert added that there had been 'pushback' against lockdown measures in February.

Fauci said: "I mean, obviously, if we had, right from the very beginning, shut everything down, it may have been a little bit different. But there was a lot of pushback about shutting things down back then."

Trump aired out his frustration promptly on social media and issued a series of tweets on the very same day, one of which sparked initial speculation that Trump might actually be set on firing Dr. Fauci.

The POTUS retweeted a post from a little known Republican congressional candidate, DeAnna Lorraine, that boasted the hashtag 'Fire Fauci.' By the end of the day, the hashtag was trending.

Lorraine wrote, "Fauci is now saying that had Trump listened to the medical experts earlier he could've saved more lives. Adding, "Fauci was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it...