It’s not just about how much they get, it’s also about how much their opponents don’t get.

Does this not incentivise them to prop up the overpayed class of management so they can point to is as a comparable?

It’s when religous practice violates existing laws. Pretty obvious. Is he breaking the law? If not- leave him alone. If he is, investigate convict and follow sentencing guidelines.

In reality not treating it with norms would immediately give Trump ammo to torpedo the entire thing and rightfully call it unfair. You can argue for reform but unilaterally imposing changes to how the process works for a single individual, during the investigation, is not a thing.