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I think it's part privilege, and partly the media default of fitting any president into the standard mechanisms of political reportage, as a way of pursuing objectivity. Many in US media are applying norms to Trump as if he's Jeb Bush and can't seem to accept how abnormal he is.
And you are spot-on that anyone who says to them, "hey, this guy is NOT normal and you are underplaying the risks he poses" gets the eye roll and allegations of being partisan and gripped by hysteria.
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