The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) posted on X just before the weekend that “in the past 48 hours, HHS canceled 62 contract worth $182 million. These contracts were entirely for administrative expenses – none touched any healthcare programs. This included terminating a $168,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci exhibit at the NIH Museum.”
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Museum’s exhibit on the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) was reportedly scheduled to be finished by July of 2025. President Donald Trump has been highly critical of Fauci’s handling of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Upon his first week in office, Trump confirmed that he had terminated the security detail, paid for by American taxpayers, for Fauci. Fox News reported the security had been put into place for Fauci in 2020 after the NIH had made the request to protect him from any threats he received as the top health official and public spokesperson during the pandemic.
On a trip to visit the victims from Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina, Trump was asked about the decision to pull Fauci’s security. “I think, you know, when you work for government, at some point your security detail comes off and, you know, you can’t have them forever” Trump began. “We took some off other people, too, but you can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you work for government.”
Trump was then asked if he would feel partially responsible if something were to happen to Fauci. The President responded, “No. You know, they all made a lot of money. They can hire their own security.” Trump even said he knows of good security firms and “Can give them some good numbers” before concluding “certainly I would not take responsibility.”
Former President Joe Biden offered a preemptive pardon to Fauci before he left office, who has reportedly hired private security.
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