How upset was President Donald Trump that Dr. Anthony Fauci released the first pitch of the Major League season? Annoying enough to invent his first release, apparently.
The New York Times reported Monday night that when Trump said at a White House briefing last Thursday that he would launch the first pitch in a New York Yankees game on August 15, it was news to everyone, including the Yankees.
According to the Times, Trump was so upset by the spotlight on Fauci, that he threw the first pitch in the Washington Nationals season opener on Thursday night, that he had told his aides to schedule a first Own launch for the next Yankees. game. The Times said that while Yankees President Randy Levine had extended an open invitation for Trump to launch a first pitch, nothing had been finalized, and both the Yankees and Trump staff were surprised by the announcement. .
Aides later told Trump that he was already booked for August 15, the Times said, and Trump canceled in a tweet on Sunday. It was unclear what his schedule is for that date.
“Due to my strong focus on the China Virus, including scheduled meetings on Vaccines, our economy and much more, I will not be able to be in New York to launch the @Yankees opening launch on August 15,” Trump tweeted later to spend the weekend on your New Jersey golf course. “We will make it later in the season!”
Trump has not released a first ceremonial launch on Opening Day, the first president who hasn’t since Jimmy Carter.
The Times report said the relationship between Trump and Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, remains strained, largely due to the attention Fauci receives from the national media.
It probably wouldn’t help Fauci’s cause that his opening day limited edition trading card set an all-time sales record for Topps.
As for Fauci’s first pitch, he told the Times he was disgusted at how bad it was, and said he injured his arm while practicing. When asked if he had pitching tips for Trump, he said to pitch him “high” with “great loft.”
“The worst thing I can do is throw it away like I did,” said Fauci.
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