Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

To Comprehend Trump, Read This

Three books and two magazine articles shed a lot of light on the president's baffling behavior.

July 2, 2017 at 2:00 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.

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It's happening more and more: The phone rings and there's an old acquaintance on the line, often a mainstream Republican, asking, "What's wrong with Donald Trump?"

Instead of ranting in response, as I’d been doing for months, I'm now offering up a reading list. Here it is: