… In conversations over the course of the past week, as the news and administration action on the virus moved quickly, Mr. Trump’s supporters overwhelmingly have said they trust the president and they trust whom he trusts. They are not, in large part, completely dismissive of the virus, the way some right-wing media outlets have been. But they are comforted because they see the president as a bulwark against outright panic, working with business leaders and experts from within a bureaucracy that both the president and many Republicans still distrust. …
But while many Trump supporters have found a new regard for experts and expertise, their disdain for the media, and what they view as unfair treatment of Mr. Trump, is more trenchant than ever. CONT.
Elaina Plott & Dionne Searcey, New York Times