The News cycle is following Trump and he is playing the cable station to his celebrity image. He gives Hunnity an interview, Hannity does not give Trump tough conservative follow up questions. Reagan’s conservatism would never let tariffs stand without giving a rebuttal. I knew Reagan I listen to him in the 80’s he had a plan to argue capitalism and especial free enterprise to Europe and USSR
Mostly agree, but Trump would never be riding this high without the cheerleading he gets from Rush, Hannity, Ingraham, etc. But yes, they want him on for ratings too. They feed on each other. All these Trumpsters bashing Fox sound utterly foolish. Aside from the debate in which he actually got tough questions, several Fox personalities like Greta and Hannity give Trump glowing coverage and never ask him to explain some of his more outlandish statements. In fact, Hannity goes so far as to put words in his mouth to help him answer all the questions he obviously couldn't respond to intelligently without help.
Trump is no conservative. At best he is a some mix of populist, capitalist (which is not the same as conservative) and nationalist - heavy on the populist protectionism which mixes nicely with nationalism when you blame every other country for our ills. In many ways he and Bernie Sanders have a lot in common. In fact Trump recently joked that Sanders was stealing all his lines (protectionist statements). If Trump were the GOP nominee, the unions would be giddy. They'd finally have a Republican they could support (though lets be honest, they'd still support the Democrat).