White House economic adviser Peter Navarro broke from the administration on Wednesday and released an opinion article criticizing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who has been advising President Trump throughout the coronavirus pandemic. In the article, Navarro alleges that Fauci has been wrong about almost everything, and he urges people to treat Fauci’s advice with skepticism.

Navarro’s approach deserves criticism. He went behind the White House’s back and published this piece without the president’s approval, according to White House Director of Strategic Communications Alyssa Farah. In doing so, he created a faux rift between Trump and Fauci that shouldn’t be there.