I see the medias behavior when his brother died. A brother he considered a "loser" so I'm not sure the media was any worse than him, and I raise you John McCain. At first he refused to order flags at half staff. You like him because he included airlines in pandemic relief. Great. But I think his personal actions detracted a LOT from any good he might have done. Others felt that way too because that is why he lost the election.
As "refreshing" as it might have been to have an ahole in the oval office, a lot of people would have preferred an adult. And one other reason during the pandemic that he was lambasted by the media was that he absolutely could NOT stand anyone taking the spotlight off him, and to make himself look "smart" starts speaking on things he knows nothing about.
And some people DID listen to his words. That's why one guy took fish tank cleaner for Covid....Doctor Donald was telling the world of this miracle cure, and this fish tank cleaner had this miracle drug in it. And because people did that, the makers of Lysol had to come out with a statement that it was not meant to be taken internally. Because they knew some people listened to him. He was his own worst enemy. He'll never admit that though.