Because the ‘press’ is made up of hysterical bimbos and pretentious men - people who are afraid of ‘the other’... nay ‘the other’ - we get this weirdness.
Liberal members of the press feel if you’re in the presence of someone NOT on “the OK list” that you’ll be instantly seduced by whatever ideas are spoken. Yes, it’s stupid. I could have dinner with David Duke for a month and I’d never buy into his racism. But that’s not how liberals see it. They live in fear.
Worse, press bimbos and pretentious men have a list of people they aren’t afraid of... people they’re open to: for example the folks who want to sexually mutilate children are on the ‘OK’ lists for liberals. Liberals can have dinner with them and invite them to their parties and appoint them to cabinet positions in Government. And there’s a good chance those people should NOT be accepted without challenge. But on the list? And they’re in.
Now the difference is Trump is an announced candidate. Agreeing to meet with Ye is stupid. He has nothing to contribute. Meeting with the others, even if unannounced until their arrival, is even more crazy. Trump’s entourage surely give him a quick rundown before they were given access. If they didn’t, then once again, Trump has surrounded himself with poor choices. (And why does that keep happening?)