so if the original intent was to “help the president” why is there not an outcry ?

if it was “to help the country” it would not have been so megalomaniacle
and no need for an outcry - this is all about him, nothing about the country

as for Bush reading to one classroom of kids
where is the similarity ?
22 kids versus 22 million kids ? that’s “fair”

the media is not supposed to be a cheerleader for the POTUS
what we have is another media-type outlet, cheering the POTUS