{"id":1500899,"date":"2022-06-02T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500899"},"modified":"2022-06-02T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T13:01:26","slug":"dr-fauci-says-he-will-step-down-in-2024-regardless-of-who-is-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-fauci-says-he-will-step-down-in-2024-regardless-of-who-is-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Fauci Says He Will Step Down in 2024, Regardless of Who Is President"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdr-fauci-says-he-will-step-down-in-2024-regardless-of-who-is-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500899&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci said he will likely step down from his leadership positions by 2024 \u2014 regardless of who ends up in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s leading infectious disease expert made the announcement during an interview with Neil Cavuto on Wednesday when the Fox News anchor asked if he would continue serving in government if former President Donald Trump were reelected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I\u2019m not going to get involved in any politics about who is or is not going in the White House,\u201d the doctor <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6307141358112#sp=show-clips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, by the time that happens, I think I won\u2019t be around, no matter who the president is,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci currently serves both as Chief Medical Advisor to the President and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [NIAID].<\/p>\n<p>Cavuto asked him if that means he is \u201cdone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I\u2019m not done yet,\u201d he responded, chuckling. \u201cBut you\u2019re talking about a few years from now. And I don\u2019t foresee that I will be doing this a few years from now.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AnthonyFauci.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Dr. Anthony Fauci insists he will no longer work at the White House by 2024.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/SHAWN THEW<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cSo, no matter who is president,\u201d Cavuto asked, \u201cwhether it\u2019s Joe Biden getting reelected or someone else, Donald Trump or anyone else, you would not continue?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s exactly correct,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cI have been doing this now for 38 years. It will be over 40 years if I wait that long.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 81-year-old infectious disease expert was appointed as director of NIAID in 1984, according to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niaid.nih.gov\/about\/anthony-s-fauci-md-bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">biography<\/a> on the agency\u2019s website. He has advised seven presidents \u2014 going all the way back to Ronald Reagan \u2014 on HIV\/AIDS and many other domestic and global health issues.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci was the leading face of the United States\u2019 response to the COVID-19 pandemic for the Trump and Biden administrations since the virus broke out in March 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/16\/fauci-says-he-wont-stay-if-trump-wins-2024-election\/\">indicated that he would not stay<\/a> as Chief Medical Advisor to the President \u2014 a position established by the Trump administration in 2019 \u2014 if Trump were reelected, after having frequently bumped heads with the 45th president in the first year of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/TrumpFauci.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/TrumpFauci.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, addresses the coronavirus task force daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-22498091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/TrumpFauci.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/TrumpFauci.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/TrumpFauci.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dr. Fauci argued is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf Trump were to return to the White House as president, and COVID is still a threat or there is some other public health emergency, would you have confidence in his ability \u2014 would you have confidence in his ability to deal with a pandemic of this nature?\u201d CNN host Jim Acosta asked Fauci on May 16. \u201cWould you want to stay on in your post?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, no to the second question,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1525955421676179456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fauci replied<\/a> with a laugh. \u201cThe first question, if you look at the history of what the [COVID-19] response was during the [Trump] administration, I think at best you could say it wasn\u2019t optimal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci said he will likely step down from his leadership positions by 2024 \u2014 regardless of who ends up in the White House. 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