Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Trump Keeps Playing the Resentment Card

Scandals and missteps haven't dented this president's support. At least not yet.

February 25, 2018 at 3:00 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

Stick it to 'em.
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Just two months into 2018, President Donald Trump is beset with scandals. His White House is more dysfunctional than ever. He's used vulgar language to describe poor countries and faulted Barack Obama instead of Vladimir Putin for Russian meddling in the 2016 election. And he's continued to lie about pretty much everything.

Yet his standing with the public hasn't suffered a bit. His job-approval ratings actually rose a little.