Trump is handling his election loss like every other setback. It can't work

American voters have slammed President Donald Trump with the one thing he has always managed to avoid: a hard-stop of unyielding accountability.

No wonder he struggles to accept it.

Until now, life has taught Trump one overriding lesson. One way or another -- with lawyers and lies, family money and shameless bluster -- he has always found a way to skate past trouble.

When he wanted more flattering publicity, he exaggerated his wealth and posed as someone else to boast to reporters about his romantic exploits.

When business ventures he...