You have to be careful with the “positive stories.”
Many of these types of stories appear to be “positive” and what they are really doing is recasting through a “negative” lens.
Pigeon-holing Trump as the “new Buchanan,” who never got much support and was branded (and villified) as an xenophobic isolationist, is NOT a compliment. It is intended to allow those who are wondering what his popularity is all about to DISMISS him as “just another right-wing kook.”
And never trust Smerconish. He is an opportunist of the worst stripe and will always do his master’s bidding. And his masters bid him to destroy Trump.
By now, you should know that Trump cannot be pigeon holed. He turns every crap story into lemonade. I’m not even concerned about that.
Consider this. Trump’s social media subscribers are going up by 1 million per month. He currently has 12 million subscribers and by next November he will have over 25 million. With retweets that means he is currently reaching 25 million every day. By election time it will be over 50 million.
He is absolutely crushing his fellow candidates in that regard. With that kind of growth you simply cannot be pigeon holed.