Comment: "To me, much of the blowback that Trump gets is a reaction to all this disruption.."
Wrong.  Dead wrong.  
Sorry Gary, you don't get a pass on this.  There is no PeeWee Herman defence (I MEANT to do that...).
You can try and paint the lunacy that IS Trump's administration as some sort of cleverly crafted end game, but its not. You bought his schtick, and now you are desperately trying to rationalize this mayhem (and your poor choice) as "crafted chaos" or "disruption".  
Have you read the transcripts of his conversation with Australia's PM?  Crafted chaos?
No, its the gibberish of a loon.  Yeah yeah, hEr E-mAiLs!!!!!!
You can say what you like about Clinton, but she isn't a blithering idiot.
Rationalizing this "disruption" as the cure for what ails our political system is akin to realizing you need a new roof on your house, tucking the kids into bed, lighting the roof on fire, and turning in believing that there will be a new roof in the morning.