I hear a lot of people praising Trump’s juvenile behavior. They thing its good to be worse than the Democrats, and manly too.
Most talk show hosts follow their audience, not lead it. That is true on candidates and personalities; it is true on issues.
Conservative talk show hosts all had the Wall Street Journal position on immigration and ridiculed the Minutemen and similar groups. But as the Malthusian populist (not conservative) anti-illegal movement grew, the talk show hosts flip flopped from the historically conservative, small government position on immigration to the big government Malthusian position.
They have done it on other issues also. They want ratings. It’s that simple.