"But Trump is Trump."

Well said.  Trying to get Trump to change is an exercise in futility.  And why should he change?  His shtick is what got him elected..... well that and the fact that much of the public hold our political establishment and media in even lower disregard.  That has to burn and is probably fueling much of the rage in the media and on the left, that they realize consciously or unconsciously that so many people hold them in utter contempt.