He's not small minded. Not at all. In less than a year, he won an election to the highest office on Earth with zero experience, and he beat the Clinton Machine, which includes the MSM, to get there. Since then, in very short order he's learned how the system really works and smartly recognized that unlike Obama he doesn't have a bunch of ass kissers who will constantly promote him and cover for him. It's basically The Don and Ivanka, who I also think is very smart, against pretty much everyone else. Obama for all his praise and adulation, actually was rather mediocre and not particularly brilliant. He spoke well publicly (meaning he used big words and didn't sound black) which is the hypocritical reason why the the Left loved him so much.
And before you accuse me of being some delusional right-wing nut, I didn't vote for Trump in the Primary. I'm still not enamored with his tone, but I generally agree with his policies, and I cannot deny he's a strong leader who seems to be getting chit done.