A non sequitur, I realize. I presumed we were talking about the Deep State who @caitlinjonstone doesn't think has its own agenda. Since they are the ones deeply involved in the CW story (linking Salisbury and Duoma), that belies her theory that Trump isn't at war within the government. So the name calling is also unwarranted for a factual reason.

I'm not as sanguine as you about Trump, his administration, or the Republican Party, but I agree with your conclusion: Give Trump a Chance! For one thing, it doesn't cost anything, and for another, it doesn't really matter. 

Ragging on Trump isn't going to change or improve anything. It's fashionable, especially for conservative-ish Democrats, to piss on him. I think they think it's naughty, and they like it. They tend to be very obedient to authority, and Hillary has given them permission to dump on him, so they get really excited about having official approval to dump on an official.

Trump's done a few things right: His former SoS, Tillerson, refused to certify the results of the Kurdistan plebiscite, and Trump himself put the kibosh on the Syria subversion funding which the CIA had started doing under Obama. 

As to the rest of his government, at times it seems really fucked up, but you think, it was going to be fucked up anyway. Is this the step back necessary before the two forward? We'll have to wait and see. In the meantime, involve yourself in local politics, where you get an actual scorecard. Being a player there actually makes a difference, unlike opining on distant national and international issues.

Of course, by all means remain skeptical and as informed as possible. There's no need to Trust Trump or believe in him. His past is certainly as dubious as it is colorful. But he's in a new job now. Maybe he'll excel at it, and find some inner strength his immediate predecessors lacked.