Only a fool answers a hypothetical question.
He’s used to dealing with niche health and science reporters who probably are fairly honest, since it’s a back section of the newspaper kind of thing 99% of the time and not front page. I may be in the minority here on FR or other right wing sites but I don’t view Fauci as a bad dude, just totally unprepared for national TV and the fake news.
Either way, it’s hilarious to watch them call him “America’s Doctor” over the weekend news cycle, and on Monday when you could tell they were going for some kind of kill shot, nope didn’t happen. Lol.