Over at Fox News, there appear to be two different but overlapping tacks for responding to the controversy: 1) Declaring that Trump really did act correctly all along, and 2) Blaming others — such as the World Health Organization or Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — for the mistakes that have occurred. (Trump himself has retweeted a call to fire Fauci.)

And on top of that, Fox News personalities also say this is no time for recriminations — at least none that could damage the president — but instead, a time to move forward on solutions to the crisis at hand.

On the Sunday night edition of The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton, the eponymous host — who has been a major advocate of ending the lockdowns — bluntly led by saying that Trump was right to refuse the earlier internal calls for shutdowns.

“We're hearing today that there was pushback against a shutdown in early February. Of course there was, and quite right, too,” Hilton declared. “The president's instincts on this have been right all along. He's the one that has to consider all the implications of any decision including the social, economic, and yes, public health devastation of a shutdown.”