On Economic Policy, Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy: Clive Crook

The path of US politics over the past 10 years is scarcely believable — and keeps getting weirder. A miraculously successful amateur politician, now half a year into his second term in the White House, isn’t content to take his wins and count his achievements. Instead, he seems eager to bring the ceiling down on his own head. Meantime, his career-politician opponents aren’t just failing to hold him to account, they are doing what they can to shield him from falling debris.

Forgive the median voter for being disgusted, bewildered or both. If systemic political failure is possible, this must ...