A Single Gesture Behind Trump Fuels an Online Conspiracy Theory

At a White House briefing on the coronavirus March 20, President Donald Trump called the State Department the "Deep State Department." Behind him, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, dropped his head and rubbed his forehead.Some thought Fauci was slighting the president, leading to a vitriolic online reaction. On Twitter and Facebook, a post that falsely claimed he was part of a secret cabal who opposed Trump was soon shared thousands