Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Trump’s Ineptitude Is No Joke

The administration’s missteps continue unabated. Plus, Jonathan Bernstein’s morning links.

We’re not laughing, either.

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It’s hard to imagine a better quick story summing up the Donald Trump administration than the one that broke Sunday night about a bill the White House was preparing to, as Jonathan Swan at Axios put it, “declare America’s abandonment of fundamental World Trade Organization rules” by giving the president authority to unilaterally break those rules.

Let’s see …