He's lived a very long and interesting life. He's done more things the most of us will ever dream of doing. He's had successes, but he's also had more failures than most of us will have in total "attempts" . He's not squeaky clean and he's not politically correct. He knows the system because he's worked within the confines of it, around it, adjacent to it, and has even taken advantage of it in the past. He has legitimate life experience to refer to. In our current world of extremely over-the-top political correctness, extremely liberal socialist views, an "anti-masculine" society... He's exactly what we need. When I look at most of the other candidates for the office, it's easy to see through the BS and see that they are novice idealists who have lots of dreamy ideas but no actual life experience to draw on.
I'm only 38 but he's already my second favorite President in my lifetime. I appreciate that Reagan was a much more stoic and respectable individual, and I do wish Mr. Trump would tone it down and try to be more like Reagan. But he's passionate, and I do feel like he does what he believes is right. My feeling is that, he knows that he's made a lot of mistakes in the past and has given himself a negative image, deservedly. In my opinion I think he's trying to do the best he can for our country and to solidify that his final legacy will be a positive one.
Ultimately I think it comes down to this ... he may be an A-hole, but he's OUR A-hole. I'm glad he's on our team.
I just wish that the other side that doesn't like him would still respect the office. Instead of being obstructionists, I wish they would actually try to assist and support him. I didn't like the last president, but I still respected his office and still supported him in hopes that his decisions would makes our country, and the world, a better place.