These views aren't particularly common or popular among Trump voters, though. Only among perhaps half of Trump voters or fewer. That is, these positions (strongly anti-distancing or anti-masks) split the Republican base while aligning everyone else against Trump.
As I wrote earlier, most of the steps experts are urging would *help* Trump's re-election prospects. They're fairly popular unto themselves (for now). And they'll give us a fighting chance of returning closer to normal by November with fewer fatalities along the way.
The problem is these steps require (i) patience and (ii) willingness to listen to experts, things in short supply in the WH. Trump's political instincts are overrated in general but are a terrible match for this crisis.
