Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Trump Can't Govern Because He Can't Build Trust

When you blame everybody else for your own mistakes, nobody will want to work with you.

March 27, 2017 at 2:37 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.

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President Donald Trump, or associates claiming to reflect his views, have fingered a range of villains to blame for the legislative collapse last week of the Republican health-care plan. These include conservative think tanks, Democrats, House Speaker Paul Ryan, the "Freedom Caucus" of right-wing congressmen, his son-in-law, his chief of staff Reince Priebus and the deeply flawed bill to replace Obamacare.

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