Trump plays in the gutter because that is where the dems and their media puppetmasters live. So, he’s essentially taking the fight to their home territory.
Nixon was Republican and Presidential just like the elites and pointy head journalists wanted him to be. Where did it get him??? Every Republican President is categorized as dumb, unaware, and unfit for office. Trump just as well fight them in the gutter where they come from as opposed to allowing them to come up from the gutter and attack him.