When Mr Trump stepped over the threshold separating his life as a litigating property developer and self promoting reality TV personality into the arena of politics he tried to carry his modus operandi with him.
There is no overlap in the two attitudes to the law and personal control or accountability in that Venn diagram.
It was obvious from the start that he would sink himself with the inability to consult, to learn, to be counseled. That is just not his style, and now he is learning of his ignorance.