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The Trust Trap: What Jeff Bezos, Bari Weiss, and RFK Jr. Have in Common

Beware of leaders who promise to "fix" institutions by breaking them.

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Don Moynihan
Feb 24, 2026
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Don Moynihan is the J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy Subscribe to his Can We Still Govern? Substack.

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The formula is pretty simple: People don’t trust this institution, so we need to take charge.

The implication is that once they’re in control, t…

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Professor of Public Policy, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. Immigrant. Researches and teaches about government, administrative burdens, and politicization.
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