The path strangely not takenI

It's beyond me - why is the media, especially conservative politicos & pundits, not taking up the "he was played" defense of DJT2?  

Once Rob Goldstone had Trump the Younger on the hook, he went after bigger fish, offering to send related info to Rhona Graff, considered "Trump's right hand" by those in the know. Praise be for POTUS' sake, his son apparently declined Goldstone's request for her e-mail.  It doesn't take a super brain to see someone casting out a lure, then once one fish was hooked, casting about for bigger trophies, all of which ended up as a classic bait & switch.

If I was a conservative mediaite, I'd depict DJT2 as the victim of a seasoned operative, out to get his hooks into a kid who trusted him & only wanted to please his Dad - we can all relate to that - to earn his praise & positive attention by landing a major coup.  But how to explain Kushner approving of the meeting, attending?  And Manaforte makes NO sense at all, unless he also wanted to see fils & fils-in-law seriously compromised. 

It's a path strangely not taken.

I've yet to hear the most OBVIOUS question

And yet it begs to be asked - WHY did Rob Goldstone write the e-mail letter to DJT, jr in the first place?  

It looks like blatant entrapment, clear cut bait & switch.  Seems to me that DJT jr & Jared were played by Goldstone - with a possible assist from Manafort, because why else would a super savvy political operative with full knowledge of where the lines are that one does NOT step over not squash the situation from the get go.