Trump started his briefing with a moment of silence to commemorate the lost lives before his remarks became a blame game.

Two fiascos from Trump’s first term – family separation and the failed Obamacare repeal – could foreshadow similar missteps this time.

“He basically just threw everybody together, and he had no experience governing, so he didn’t know what the hell he was doing,” said John Feehery, a former Republican congressional aide ...