Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Trump's Never Managed to Be a Manager

His company is a family store -- and nothing like the federal government.

July 21, 2016 at 1:55 PM UTC

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

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