The former home of Mako Childcare Center in Minneapolis. Equipped with little more than iPhones, right-wing content makers zigzag around the country in search of politically charged footage.PHOTO: JENN ACKERMAN/NYTIMES

An intense White House response from a single viral video

· The Straits Times

WASHINGTON – A 43-minute video posted online in the past week, purporting to expose extensive fraud at Somali-run child care centres in Minnesota, has been viewed by millions of people.

It has also set off a series of events that show the symbiotic relationship between the Trump administration and self-described citizen journalists.