My opinion of Trump has been formed by watching him, listening to the words coming out of his mouth, and reading his tweets. Nothing to do with "the media". The trouble is that he's done and said so many bizarre, stupid things his supporters have become used to it and just shrug it off. True brainwashing: they believe what he says and would probably drink the Kool Aid as he smilingly poured it for them.
Unpicking where your opinion begins and where the indoctrination is a dubious task at best. Everything the Don has said and done comes to all of us via the media filter - you see? And your opinion of his supporters has entirely been formed by the media filter.
The question you need to ask yourself is how so many have withstood the media barrage and given the Don the benefit of the doubt? What Kool Aid is the Don giving them to drink? Could there be a more empty promise then "make America Great"?
Something else is definitely going on here. It is one almighty oligarchical shit fight going on between the Don and those behind him and the prevailing forces. The most likely scenario is that the Don is no friend of the Military Industrial Complex - which we know Hillary most definitely is -who are heavily invested in expanding wars, drone attacks and cold war with Russia.
The recent leaks/innuendo by the CIA and now the FBI re the Russian hack suggests much. Don's refusal to attend daily intelligence briefs - says something too. Don's tweets regarding the excessive nature of $400 billion aircraft contracts to the USA air force adds further meat to bones.
Don's appointment of a very popular retired General as Secretary of Defence is entirely consistent with this theory that the neo-cons are at war with the Don. Don't think every General loves war and only a General would have the requisite authority to undermine the industrial military complex paid for sabre rattling. Good Generals and the most popular generals are cautious and meticulous planners who enter wars rarely, but endeavour to win wars quickly with minimal cost of life and money - the exact opposite of what the neo-cons want - endless war.
The thin veil of decency we wear in the west is close to being exposed and what is underneath is much uglier than what our media has portrayed to us. And by contrast Don is a pussy cat.
The stakes are high right now - the Don is not yet President and he may never be. A Bullet, A legal Challenge, a coup is more likely. The true forces of evil are masked behind the media. The Don is just a ego maniacal Billionaire Buffoon who at 70 years of age has nothing to lose and is beyond the control of the establishment - which scares the bejezus out of vested interests. I do think the Don means well, because his sole motivation appears to be nothing but public adulation. His not very bright but nor was Reagan or Bush Jr.