Trust trumped as cracks and leaks appear in the White House

By Paul McGeough
Updated February 19 2017 - 6:09pm, first published February 18 2017 - 12:15am
Institutional trust is taking a hammering in President Donald Trump's relentless attacks on the media, the courts, and the intelligence services. Photo: New York Times
Institutional trust is taking a hammering in President Donald Trump's relentless attacks on the media, the courts, and the intelligence services. Photo: New York Times

Washington: Before I thought I could write, I thought I could act – I played Colonel Pickering to Judy Davis' Eliza Doolittle in Perth. But it was a detour into the theatre of the absurd by our drama lecturer, not that brush with stardom, which has been useful in making sense of the Trump presidency.

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