Trump interrupts when reporter asks Fauci about hydroxychloroquine - 'He's answered that question fifteen times’

Anthony Fauci was asked his thoughts on the effectiveness of the anti-malaria drug in treating coronavirus patients, and President Donald Trump interrupted before the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases could answer.

“He’s answered that question 15 times,” said Trump, who had spent much of the news conference touting the drug's potential.

Earlier in the day, Fauci did answer a question about hydroxychloroquine when he was on CBS's "Face the Nation."

“The data are really, just, at best, suggestive,” he said. “There have been cases that show there may be an effect and there are others to show there's no effect. So, I think in terms of science, I don't think we could definitively say it works.”

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Fauci and White House trade adviser Peter Navarro got in a heated argument Saturday over hydroxychloroquine, according to Axios and the New York Times.

According to the reports, Navarro brought in studies from trials overseas that show the drug, which is often used to treat malaria, was working to combat coronavirus.

Fauci maintained that there is still only anecdotal information and that more rigorous studies need to be done to see the true effect of the drug, according to the reports. Despite the two arguing about the drug as a treatment, the White House coronavirus task force has agreed to surge the supply of hydroxychloroquine to hot zones.

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