Mixed messages: Trump retweets call to fire Fauci

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  Trump shared a post calling for Fauci's firing but insists he isn't mad at the doctor. He then falsely accused media outlets of not taking the outbreak seriously.

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• Mixed messages: Trump retweets call to fire Fauci

   

  "When somebody is president of the United States, your authority is total," he said. He later added he would issue reports backing up his claim, which legal experts say isn't supported by the Constitution.  

   

  on shaky terms with the President, who has come under pressure to reopen parts of the economy quickly by some wealthy friends and economic advisers.

  Trump spent part of the Easter weekend calling allies and associates complaining about recent media coverage of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, people familiar with the conversations said.

  Trump believes "everybody is trying make themselves look good," said one source, who claimed the President has been fixated on two government officials at the center of the response: Fauci and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.

  "He's been fretting about Fauci for a while," the source said of Trump's focus on the popular public health expert, summing up Trump's comments about the doctor as "why isn't Fauci saying nice things about me?"

  CNN's Jim Acosta contributed to this report.