唐纳德·特朗普总统首次公开批评白宫冠状病毒应对协调员黛博拉·比克斯博士在周一打破了他的积极信息传递路线，发布了关于冠状病毒大流行的可怕警告。
特朗普在一条推文中似乎暗示，比尔克斯对众议院议长南希·佩洛西批评的回应“打击”了政府。
“为了对付南希，黛博拉上钩了&打我们。可悲!”特朗普发推说。
疯狂的南希·佩洛西说了黛博拉·比克斯博士的坏话，因为她对我们在抗击中国病毒(包括疫苗和治疗)方面所做的出色工作过于乐观。为了对付南希，黛博拉上钩了&打了我们。可悲。
——唐纳德·特朗普2020年8月3日
特朗普的推特紧随其后佩洛西告诉美国广播公司新闻“本周”联合主持人玛莎·拉德达茨周日表示，她对特别工作组的医生没有信心。
佩洛西说:“我认为总统是在散布关于病毒的假消息，而她是他任命的。”“所以我没有信心，没有。”
周一，佩洛西再次加倍了对比尔克斯的批评，指责她没有就疾病爆发和政府缺乏全国性冠状病毒计划向特朗普提出挑战。
“当总统说‘吞下来苏消毒剂，它就能治愈你的病毒’时，我和站在那里的任何人都没有信心。”...当总统说这是一个骗局，这是魔术时，我对某人没有信心。”在美国有线电视新闻网上说。“她使[他]成为可能。”
这位加州民主党人继续说道:“在我们所知的关于病毒的六个月中，本届政府还没有一个战略计划。”“必须要有一些责任，所以如果总统说了这些话，谁在建议他这是可以的，并使之成为可能?”
发言人佩洛西说:“我认为总统一直在散布关于病毒的假消息，而她是他的指定人选，所以我对她没有信心。”@ MarthaRaddatz当被问及她对黛博拉·比克斯博士有信心时。https://t.co/HNQgCe39RNpic.twitter.com/ZDZYAjr0cJ
—本周(@ThisWeekABC)2020年8月2日
Birx回应了CNN的“不信任”评论在为自己的可信度辩护之前称赞佩洛西。
“我非常尊敬这位演讲者。我非常尊重她对美国人民的长期奉献。”
提高最近的文章《纽约时报》将Birx描绘成一个不时调整自己对流感大流行的分析以更好地适应政府政治的人，Birx坚持认为她的回应是由数据驱动的，而不是政治。
她告诉CNN周日:“我从来没有被称为盲目乐观，或非科学，或非数据驱动。”“我将把我40年的职业生涯押在这些基本原则上，即利用数据来真正实施更好的计划以挽救更多的生命。”
Birx还警告说，大流行已经进入“一个新的阶段”，这与总统坚持乐观的预测相矛盾，因为他推动学校重新开放进行全面的面对面教学，并抵制任何重新开放的逆转。
“我想说得很清楚:我们今天看到的与三月和四月不同。它非常普遍。比尔克斯告诉美国有线电视新闻网:“这是进入农村作为平等的城市地区。”“对于生活在农村地区的每一个人来说，你都不能免受这种病毒的侵害。”
当被问及到今年年底可能会有30万人死亡的预测时，Birx说，“一切皆有可能。”她继续强调社会距离，并建议多代同堂的家庭中的一些美国人应该开始在家里戴口罩，并假设他们已经感染了病毒。
尽管总统抨击了几个团体对冠状病毒危机的评估，包括州长、记者和卫生专家，如美国传染病方面的顶级专家安东尼·福奇博士，但这是他第一次直接抨击比尔克斯，就在上个月，他称比尔克斯为“一个了不起的女人。”
周日，在佩洛西发表不信任言论后，白宫和竞选助手迅速为比尔克斯辩护。
议长佩洛西一再试图破坏并制造公众对冠状病毒特别工作组的顶级公共卫生专家Birx博士的不信任，这是非常不负责任的。这也是不对的。句号。艰难的停止。
—Alyssa Farah(@ AlysassFarah)2020年8月2日
前总统巴拉克·奥巴马任命退役陆军上校比尔克斯在2014年担任国务院全球艾滋病大使。副总统迈克·彭斯在二月底任命她为冠状病毒特别工作组的协调员，并很快在白宫西翼设立了一个办公室。
总统此前似乎倾向于外交，甚至是乐观的方式，Birx在推导冠状病毒危机的科学教条时听起来，与福西的直言不讳的评估相反。
Trump criticizes Dr. Deborah Birx following her dire coronavirus warnings, criticism from Pelosi
President Donald Trump for the first time publicly criticized White Housecoronavirusresponse coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx on Monday after she broke from his line of positive messaging and delivered dire warnings about the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump, in a tweet, appeared to suggest that Birx's response to criticism from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "hit" the administration.
"In order to counter Nancy, Deborah took the bait & hit us. Pathetic!" Trump tweeted.
So Crazy Nancy Pelosi said horrible things about Dr. Deborah Birx, going after her because she was too positive on the very good job we are doing on combatting the China Virus, including Vaccines & Therapeutics. In order to counter Nancy, Deborah took the bait & hit us. Pathetic!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)August 3, 2020
Trump's tweet comes on the heels ofPelosi telling ABC News' "This Week"co-anchor Martha Raddatz Sunday she does not have confidence in the task force doctor.
"I think the president is spreading disinformation about the virus and she is his appointee," Pelosi said. "So I don't have confidence there, no."
Pelosi doubled down on her criticism of Birx again on Monday, taking her to task for not challenging Trump about the outbreak and the administration's lack of a national coronavirus plan.
"I don't have confidence and anyone who stands there while the president says, 'Swallow Lysol and it's going to cure your virus.' ... I don't have confidence in somebody when the president says it's a hoax, it's magic," Pelosisaid on CNN. "She has enabled [him]."
"This administration has not had a strategic plan for the six months we've known about the virus," the California Democrat continued. "There has to be some responsibility, so if the president is saying these things, who is advising him that this is OK and enabling that to happen?"
JUST IN: "I think the president has been spreading disinformation about the virus and she is his appointee so, I don't have confidence there, no," Speaker Pelosi tells@MarthaRaddatzwhen asked is she has confidence in Dr. Deborah Birx.https://t.co/HNQgCe39RNpic.twitter.com/ZDZYAjr0cJ
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC)August 2, 2020
Birx responded to the "no confidence" comment on CNNon Sunday by complimenting Pelosi before defending her own credibility.
"I have tremendous respect for the speaker. And I have tremendous respect for her long dedication to the American people," Birx said.
Raising a recentarticlefrom the New York Times, which portrayed Birx as someone who at times tailored her analysis of the pandemic to better suit the politics of the administration, Birx insisted her response is driven by data, not politics.
"I have never been called pollyannish, or nonscientific, or non-data driven," she told CNN Sunday. "And I will stake my 40-year career on those fundamental principles of utilizing data to really implement better programs to save more lives."
Birx also warned that the pandemic has entered "a new phase," contradicting the president's persistently optimistic predictions as he pushes schools to reopen for full in-person instruction and resists any reversals on reopenings.
"I want to be very clear: What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread. It's into the rural as equal urban areas," Birx told CNN. "To everybody who lives in a rural area, you are not immune or protected from this virus."
When asked about a prediction there could be 300,000 deaths by the end of the year, Birx said, "Anything is possible." She went on to emphasize social distancing and suggest that some Americans in multi-generational families should start wearing masks inside their homes and assume they already have the virus.
Though the president has attacked several groups for their assessment of the coronavirus crisis -- including governors, journalists and heath experts, like the nation's top expert on infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci -- this is the first time he's has fired off directly at Birx, who just last month he called "a tremendous woman."
On Sunday, White House and campaign aides were quick to defend Birx after Pelosi's comment of no confidence.
It is deeply irresponsible of Speaker Pelosi to repeatedly try to undermine & create public distrust in Dr Birx, the top public health professional on the coronavirus task force. It's also just wrong. Period. Hard stop.
— Alyssa Farah (@Alyssafarah)August 2, 2020
Birx, a retired Army colonel, was appointed by former President Barack Obama to serve as the State Department's global AIDS Ambassador in 2014. She was tapped by Vice President Mike Pence to serve as the coordinator of the coronavirus task force in late February and was soon set up with an office in the White House West Wing.
The president had previously appeared to favor the diplomatic, even optimistic way, Birx sounds when deducing scientific dogma on the coronavirus crisis, as opposed to Fauci's blunt assessments.
