Regarding "petty and divisive," and the plain belief that Trump is oh-so-beneath what a President should be ...
Sorry, that weak, silly, flaccid belief needs to face the political discussions, diatribes and ******* duels of 1796-1808, and the editorials, comments, and diatribes about Abraham Lincoln, 1859-1865.
Fact: Every Presidential candidate from 1796 to 1808 - Washington, Jefferson, Burr, Breckinride, Adams, Pinckney, King, Clinton - was accused by major newspapers of being a coward, liar, royalist, traiter, treasonist, adulterer, intent on ruining America, preferably, carving up the United States and selling it to the highest bidder.
Oh, and I have excluded the extraordinary Alexander Hamilton from that list for the sole reason that he NEVER sought the Presidency. But the undeniable truth is that Hamilton was subjected to the most base, despicable, cowardly, dishonest, and vile defamation ever heaped on a public figure.