Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Trump Has Already Abdicated His Role as Head of State

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August 21, 2017 at 12:00 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

He's just not that into presidenting.
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The evidence keeps stacking up that Donald Trump has basically abdicated the "head of state" part of his responsibilities.

He's also having trouble getting winning teams to show up for White House events.