To understand how good Trump is doing just try to picture what the last three Democrat party frontrunners would have done. Clinton would have funneled all the money to her foundation and then got the MSM to praise her bold actions. Avenotti would have taken all the money and tried to buy Epstein's island and then got the MSM to praise his bold actions. And Biden would have taken the money and created multi million dollar, lifetime jobs for all his useless family members and friends and then got the MSM to praise his bold actions. And that is the story of how fake news tries to influence public opinion.
All three (Clinton, Biden, and Sanders) are career politicians who understand inner workings of government, the value of leadership and have spent their lives in public service (no matter what BS your alt-right media masters throw at them). The responses and leadership all three would have shown, would have been head and shoulders above what the realty game show host currently occupying the chair came up with. Let's face it, his response to his first real crisis in three years should tell people once and for all he has no interest in being President. It's just another game show popularity contest to him.
I have no idea where Avenatti came from. He was never even a consideration. Just another right wing wet dream.