Trump could lose far more than the White House

Follow Us Get the newsletter Why Trump Fears Leaving the White House — Timothy L. O'Brien Donald Trump is the luckiest man alive. Unlike almost, well, everyone, he's been protected from the consequences of his own mistakes his entire life. Born into a wealthy family, he was insulated from lukewarm academic prospects and serial business crack-ups by his father's money. Emerging as a reality-TV star in the early 2000s, Trump discovered that fame allowed him to be as predatory as he pleased without repercussions. And his 2016 ascent to the White House opened his eyes to the presidency's legal armor — which he interpreted broadly and often inaccurately. Although Trump has over the years juggled, among other difficulties, ho-hum grades, the threat of personal bankruptcy, sexual assault accusations, an intensive federal investigation and an impeachment, he has plowed ahead relatively unwounded and unencumbered by regret. Wealth, celebrity and the presidency have kept him buoyant. All that insulation has also meant that he hasn't learned from his mistakes. Every personal and public reckoning has been postponed or shunted aside. Now, however, Trump is staring at two threats that loom after he leaves the White House in January. One is financial, the other legal. Neither is entirely under his control. Read the whole thing. What Is Trump Accomplishing Right Now? — Jonathan Bernstein Oil Prices Are Only Going in One Direction — Julian Lee World's Populists May Regret Their Embrace of Trump — Mihir Sharma The Biden Rally Has the Look of Fool's Gold — John Authers Biden's Big Climate Opportunity — Michael R. Bloomberg WFH Is Old News. The 'Near Home' Office Is the Next Trend — Marcus Ashworth and Elisa Martinuzzi Pfizer Vaccine Data Offers Real Pandemic Optimism — Max Nisen How Hydrogen Is and Isn't the Future of Energy — Andreas Kluth A Preview of Biden's Foreign Policy — James Stavridis This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership.   Like Bloomberg Opinion Today? Subscribe to Bloomberg All Access and get much, much more. You'll receive our unmatched global news coverage and two in-depth daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can't find anywhere else. Learn more.   You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. Unsubscribe | Bloomberg.com | Contact Us Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022