Well first of all, the media is really one big bread-and-circus, and while I'm not gonna deny the obvious fact that it has huge influence and power that is used on the populace, their opposition towards him does not disprove him being controlled. I say this because even within the establishment, the idea that they all work in full co-operation without conflict of interest is deluded. Those in power at the end of the day are capitalists, a lot of them have ulterior motives (especially those from a certain tribe who are the dominant ones) but many are just there for capital accumulation and hoarding. I'll explain why I think he was mostly publicly opposed later in this post, but it is not true that elements of establishment didn't support him. One of his most high-profile supporters was tech billionaire Peter Thiel, a Bilderberg regular, and he was received his largest donation from billionaire magnate and Zionist neocon super-lobbyist Sheldon Adelson. Not to mention the ties of his son-in-law and husband of his little princess Jared Kusher to higher ranking figures within the Israeli government, who was leading a foundation helping bankroll Israel's settlements in the West Bank region of Palestine. There are plenty of others. By the way, these were from Trump's earliest days and many of us (me included) were too distracted with the idealism and hope of Trump's populism to notice or wave off these connections with unsourced hypotheses by anonymous posters on anime image boards claiming "He's actually tricking them!".

I'd also like to note, this isn't just Trump and it isn't just a cause of intra-elite factionalism. It can be used to push narratives and ward off "dangerous ideas" as well. It's well-documented the amount of "alt-lite" and right-wing populist figures, who may get hated on in the mainstream media, but are actually funded or well-connected to (especially Jewish) elites and establishment think thanks. For example, the "counter-jihad movement" is attacked a lot in media but its also well-funded by people tied to those running these media. Why? Because there is invested interest to do so for so many reasons, it helps prop up support for the State of Israel as an "crusader against Islam" and gives support for interventions in Middle Eastern countries while also funnelling away potential supporters of more "dangerous ideas" or "dangerous figures". It's not just the right this happens to, but also the Left.

So, I made my point establishing why I think Trump is controlled opposition, now why did the media attack him? Because he moved the overton window on so many issues so far that obviously it would cause concern. Trump's campaign basically created the alt-right and rejuvenated ideas that were long considered too extreme for anyone to take seriously outside of skinheads and people on fringe websites. He talked about building a giant border wall (a proposal that always existed but was never advocated seriously), saying certain groups of Mexicans rapists, banning Muslims from entering America, criticising and undermining NATO, not wanting to be enemies with Putin, engaging in a trade war with the world's biggest exporter, opposing the TPP, criticising the Iraq war and calling for less involvement abroad and denying climate change. Whether you support or oppose certain statements of his I listed, you cannot deny these were outside the American overton window and someone promoting these ideas would definitely spook a large amount of the establishment. This was all while also basicially dog-whistling regularly and campaigning as a Caesarist populist figure who was gonna fix America. Trump opened a pandora's box, creating a new wave of populism across the West and even countries outside of the Western world.

That is why they attack him, because Trumpism appeals to this kind of sentiment even if Trump doesn't actually do any of it. Trumpism needs to die quickly in their view, because it truly does damage "modern Western liberal democratic society" and all that it stands for. This is why I expect the GOP to under go a process of de-Trumpification whenever he leaves office (whether that is 2020 or 2024).