President Trump’s already largely won his war against the media

The choice that President Donald Trump asks America to make is a simple one and one that he’s demanded since he jumped into the presidential race. Who are you going to believe, he asks: An industry of people whose jobs depend on presenting factually accurate information about what’s happening in the world — or me? And from the outset, we’ve seen how his supporters answer that question. They believe him.

The most recent demonstration of that result comes from a poll released from Marist College. Poll respondents were asked whom they trusted more, their favorite news source or Trump. Most Americans said their favorite news source, including large majorities of independents and huge majorities of Democrats. But most Republicans said they trust President Trump more, including just shy of two-thirds of those who voted for Trump in 2016.