Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

Trump's Hyper-Partisan 2017

He had many Democrats to work with. If he wanted to.

December 20, 2017 at 7:55 PM UTC

Francis Wilkinson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US politics and policy. Previously, he was executive editor for the Week and a writer for Rolling Stone.

Well, that didn't go anywhere.
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