{"id":2637970,"date":"2026-07-30T16:50:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katie-miller-sent-to-apologize-after-trump-screamed-at-fauci-according-to-diary\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:54:11","slug":"katie-miller-sent-to-apologize-after-trump-screamed-at-fauci-according-to-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katie-miller-sent-to-apologize-after-trump-screamed-at-fauci-according-to-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Miller sent to apologize after Trump &#8216;screamed&#8217; at Fauci, according to diary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fkatie-miller-sent-to-apologize-after-trump-screamed-at-fauci-according-to-diary%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=2637970&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--><p>Anthony Fauci\u2019s diary reveals a tense exchange with President Donald Trump in June 2020,during which Trump aggressively criticized fauci over comments he made about COVID-19 vaccine immunity,suggesting it might <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-boosters-more-often-joe-biden-launches-winter-vaccine-strategy\/\" title=\"More Boosters, More Often: Joe Biden Launches Winter ... Strategy\">require booster shots<\/a> and may not be permanent. Fauci documented that trump believed media distortions led to the misconception that vaccines woudl offer only short-term protection, prompting Trump to call Fauci and scream at him, blaming him for the market\u2019s performance and the country\u2019s troubles. Later, Katie Miller, Pence\u2019s press secretary, called to apologize on behalf of Trump and Pence, expressing their support and asking Fauci to be cautious due to press tensions. The diary offers insight into the strained relationship between Fauci and Trump amid the pandemic. Additionally,Trump backtracked later,claiming he warned Biden about Fauci before Biden\u2019s presidency,asserting Fauci was either uninformed or dishonest,and that Biden gave Fauci significant power. The release of Fauci\u2019s writings comes ahead of his testimony before the Senate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anthony-fauci\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1404\">Anthony Fauci\u2019s<\/a> diary details a June 2020 phone call in which President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> berated the infectious disease expert over comments he made about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/covid-19\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11163\">COVID-19<\/a> vaccine immunity before <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8767\">White House<\/a> officials later sought to smooth things over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The account is included in a more than 1,000-page collection of Fauci\u2019s writings released Saturday by Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"230\">Rand Paul <\/a>(R-KY), chairman of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> homeland security and governmental affairs committee, ahead of Fauci\u2019s testimony before the panel on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4669493\/fauci-katie-miller-apology-trump-scream\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fauci recounts how Katie Miller was dispatched to apologize after Trump screamed at him<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4669374\/watch-live-trump-announcement-freedom-haulers\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                        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\u201cscreamed\u201d at him after news reports highlighted remarks he made suggesting immunity from a future COVID-19 vaccine might not be permanent and could require booster shots.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHad a very difficult experience today,\u201d Fauci wrote. \u201cThe POTUS called my cell and screamed at me because I had mentioned to the Press \u2026 that although we do not know the duration of vaccine immunity, it is possible that we may have to use additional boosts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Fauci, Trump believed the comments had been distorted by the media into claims that any vaccine would provide only short-lived protection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe POTUS was very angry,\u201d Fauci wrote. \u201cHe said I cannot keep doing this to him. He said he loved me but the country is in trouble and I am making it worse. He said the stock market only went up 600 points and it should have gone up 1000 points and so I cost the country $1 trillion. Quite a phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later that evening, Fauci recounted that Katie Miller, who was then serving as press secretary to then-Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-pence\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"88\">Mike Pence<\/a>, called him to apologize on behalf of both Trump and Pence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKatie Miller called me up and said she had a message from the POTUS and the VP. Both of them \u2026 asked Katie to tell me that they both loved me and are sorry about what happened,\u201d the former director of the National Institutes of Health wrote in his diary. \u201cThey understand and feel that the press will continue to pit me against the POTUS and so please be careful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The diary entry offers a snapshot of the strained relationship between Trump and Fauci during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Trump publicly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2777688\/thank-you-tony-trump-shares-clip-of-fauci-defending-their-relationship-after-rumors-of-internal-disagreements\/\">threw his weight behind Fauci<\/a>, despite reports of a growing divide between the two over COVID policies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4667697\/fauci-fifth-amendment-pardon-contempt\/\"><strong>Fauci\u2019s Fifth Amendment answers may test Biden pardon as GOP eyes contempt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has since drastically shifted his position. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, the president said he had warned former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"471\">Joe Biden<\/a> about Fauci before Biden took office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI called Biden to tell him Fauci was no good, either didn\u2019t have a clue, or was dishonest,\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4667308\/trump-warned-biden-anthony-fauci-no-good-didnt-listen\/\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe call was well received, but sadly, not acted on. Biden went on to give Fauci vast destructive power.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fauci\u2019s June 2020 call: Trump berated him over vaccine comments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2637971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_5265.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4434,4133,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2637970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fauci","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_5265.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2637970"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2637974,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637970\/revisions\/2637974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2637971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2637970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2637970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2637970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}