President Trump entered the campaign’s two final weeks downplaying the coronavirus and mocking White House pandemic adviser Anthony Fauci even as aides insisted his closing message against Democratic nominee Joe Biden was focused on the economy and seniors.

Trump said Monday during a conference call with campaign staff that reporters were invited to listen to that people are “tired” of the coronavirus, adding, “People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots.” The president repeated similar lines later in the day on Twitter and during a campaign rally in Arizona, a battleground he won four years ago but where Biden leads on the strength of support in suburban Phoenix.