You're not the only one seeing this Trump thing as a giant trick. Here's some highlights of a really long article on it.

In 2015, the press showered Donald Trump with generous positive coverage. Republicans received more than double the coverage of Democrats. Donald Trump received more coverage than any other candidate, and more than one-third of all coverage of Republican candidates. Coverage of Donald Trump was positive by a 2-to-1 ratio, despite popular myth.

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Unlike during the primaries or at any other time, an unprecedented convergence of coverage took place. Nearly all major sources opposed Hillary Clinton, including deeper anti-government places like ZeroHedge, InfoWars and Russia Today. They were all singing the Republican line together, generously promoting the face of the “alt right,” Breitbart.com.

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Some say the surprise and shock by the stunning upset proved how remarkably ignorant the establishment was. Some say they did not foresee these novel forces that would give the White House to a genuine outsider. So the narrative goes.

But events since the election indicate otherwise:

This entire election was likely the well-planned result of a bipartisan establishment set-up. While it was possible that it could have failed, as happened in 2012 (see above), it wound up succeeding. Now, stock market elites and masterminds of the plan begin to reap the rewards. Hope and change remains elusive. Source

Thanks for the post. There aren't many seeing this trick for what it is. :)