They will attack Trump first - usually via a surrogates with plausible deniability to the candidate - Trump hits back and the media will attack Trump for his tone and negativity.
The protesters start the riots yet Trump is blamed for defending his people and his rights. A political operative attacks his wife and then Trump is attacked for attacking women because he does the counter attack on the same theme.
In this PC age, surprisingly the media has not attacked Mitt Romney, a Mormon bishop or church leader or something, for slurs against foreign-born wives. Doesn't Mitch McConnell also have a foreign born wife (she does have ties to China)?