How the Trump trial is playing in Maga world: sublime indifference, collective shrug

The hush-money criminal trial receives less prominence in conservative media, and when Trump-friendly networks do turn to the trial, they give viewers an alternative narrative

In one America, he cuts a diminished, humbled figure during coverage that runs from morn till night. He seems considerably older and he seems annoyed, resigned, maybe angry," said broadcaster Rachel Maddow after seeing Donald Trump up close in court. He seems like a man who is miserable to be here."

But in the other America - that of Fox News, far-right podcasts and the Make America Great Again (Maga) base - the trial of the former president over a case involving a hush-money payment to an adult film performer is playing out very differently.