Precisely.
The Trump movement to me has all of the markings of a cult of personality.
They don’t want any criticism of him at all, his inflated ego, his past policy positions, his donations to the Democrats, his close association with the Clintons.
They don’t want any tough questions from the press.
a cult personality?
I see no difference than during Reagan’s run up to the Presidency
people of all ages and incomes flocked to RR to rid us of the malaise and discontent the country was in
no journalists came out in debates and started asking about RR’s divorce or rumors that he didn’t treat some women with more respect from years earlier or put on the chairman of the DNC to smear him seconds after the debate was over
"By show of hands, how many of you vow, here and now, not to try to run US Senator from Kentucky while running for President?" If that question were put forth, it would have been directed at one guy, while making pretense of being for the whole panel.
That was not a tough question Baer asked Trump; that was a grandstand play, and a right-off-the-bat attempt to put him on defense and drive a sharp wedge between him and the others (and the party). It was a singling-out. It was "Bush" league.
Megyn: "(back when you were in reality TV, etc) You have referred to certain women as hogs and skanks and dogs and blimps -- is that any way for a presidential candidate to talk?" Good grief Charlie Brown! That is not a tough question; it was completely rhetorical, and completely designed to make Trump look bad, and to put him (again) on defense. Little did she know that it would be that question that would give birth to one of Donald's most potent distinctives: he is in process as we speak of ridding the dialogue of the political correctness that has sandbagged conservatives for decades now.
A tough question would be: "What do you intend to do to reign in the bureaucracy?"
So, yes, give Trump tough questions; just don't play those stupid drama-queen games.
I plead guilty. In a thinly disguised fascist state, you're going to get that. Witness Barky's appeal to the orcs and trolls. Conservatives are hoping against hope for the return of something lost. Ain't going to happen. The scum have had their fascist. I want one with whom I am more comfortable. If anyone can show me that the electoral system or anything else about the political institutions of this country still work as they should, maybe I'll change my mind.