evidence: Trump claims he doesn't know who gave Anthony Fauci a presidential commendation despite doing so himself Donald Trump said he didn’t know who gave Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease official who became the face of the US’s Covid-19 pandemic response, a presidential commendation in an interview with the ex-Fox News host Megyn Kelly. [...] Kelly said the former president had made Fauci the face of the White House coronavirus task force. "You think so?" Trump said. Kelly went on to say: "You actually gave him a presidential commendation before you left office. Wouldn’t you like a do-over on that?"