Exactly: Late night hosts softball TRUMP when he's on their shows

Besides that the "news" outlets let him call-in, what, is he lounging with the phone while being fanned with ostrich plumes?!1 It's about Access, ain't it, the way CNN would pull back on gigging tin pot despots and assorted White House occupants for the sake of not getting thrown out of countries or exclusive interviews.

Actually, TRUMP's weakest spot, besides not being a true ideologue that hurts him with wingnuts, is his Twitter addiction. His current flameout with O'LOOFAH ought to be *good*!1

The quotes here are the first and last paragraphs, while the sandwich filling is a full rehash of all the late night boys' softness on TRUMP.

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http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/09/donald-trump-stephen-colbert-jimmy-kimmel-jimmy-fallon

[font size=5]Why Are the Biggest Late-Night Hosts Going So Soft on Donald Trump?[/font]
It’s softballs as far as the eye can see.

by Joanna Robinson

When Donald Trump first announced his campaign for the presidency this summer, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart called it a “gift from heaven,” while Tina Fey—who has gotten plenty of ammunition from Republican candidates in the past—declared it “great for comedy!” And they were right. Over the past few months, Stewart and Fey and everyone in-between has been having plenty of fun at the expense of The Donald and his enigmatic coiffure. But even Stewart laced that first “Trump for President” segment with biting commentary. Calling Trump a “batshit billionaire” and later worse, Stewart, at least, seemed to recognize Trump as someone to occasionally take seriously. Though Stewart has, sadly, since retired from The Daily Show, there is still an army of late-night hosts with the opportunity to hold Trump—who is still leading in the polls—accountable for the offensive rhetoric he spews. So why, then, are the men with the biggest audiences—Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert—going so soft on Trump? ....

It’s possible that all this gentle teasing from Colbert, Kimmel, and Fallon and their after-hours cohorts, like Seth Meyers and James Corden, will be enough to bring down Trump. Death by a thousand paper cuts. And it’s also possible that network comedy is not where we should look for incisive political statements. Maybe Stewart’s true heirs are the cable comedians and Daily Show alums like John Oliver, Larry Wilmore, Samantha Bee, and Trevor Noah. Oliver certainly has taken some pointed shots and Wilmore recently compared Trump to Mussolini. We’ve yet to see what Bee and Noah will do behind their respective desks—though Noah is already bracing us to lower our expectations—but none of the new cable hosts on the block yet have the power, audience, or influence that Stewart once enjoyed. With the network hosts unwilling to step up to the plate, Trump might just be able to continue to steal first.
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