I would say he is standing on the shoulders of giants, like Reagan, but he is smart enough to study their flaws and make them his strengths.
Reagan used to say, when asked how he would deal with a democrat congress, “simple, I’ll go over their heads to the American People” which he would do, via television address.
Mr. Trump goes over their heads to the American People every day of the week through his tweets. It’s an undreamed of bully pulpit that the opposition can’t handle.
And THAT is the main, absolute bottom line reason why the MSM hates him so much. He took their power away when he decided to talk to us whenever he wanted, via Twitter.