At his six-month mark as president, Peggy Noonan writes that Donald Trump is being tripped up by the very trait that helped bring him to office. He's a "freelancer," she writes in the Wall Street Journal. That is, he's not an "institution man," and he doesn't appear much interested in learning how the institution of DC operates.
The latest GOP failure on an ObamaCare replacement proves the point: Trump seemed unfamiliar with policy details and unwilling or unable to do the thing presidents are supposed to do: "gently knock heads together" to reach a final deal.
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