" there is no way to know what it real anymore."

Actually no. It's very easy. Here's a quick guide: Press Ctrl-F to whatever you are reading about Trump and search for:
Russia
Alleged/Allegedly
Possible/Possibly
Racist/ Transphobic/White Supremacy/KKK
Collusion

If any of the above comes up then you can be 99% sure it's fake news.

In an ideal world, yeah trump should have run independently. But this is not the ideal world and if you run independently you take 0 %