>> Trump has constantly played the victim, claiming no matter what he does, the media will portray it in a negative light. And all of his cabinet echoes this. And his base seems to accept it as fact.

Because sadly it is true. I'm not a fan of everything he does but the media definitely does portray everything he does as bad. Never have I seen them say "huh this might actually work, too bad he doesn't do more of this" he's always painted as pure evil. So yeah, the media portrayal is fact and that's why is cabinet and base accept it as such.