To shed light on the advisers shaping Trump’s eclectic thinking, POLITICO scoured the landscape of notable policy wonks – from academics to lobbyists to congressional staffers to think tank fellows – but was unable to find anyone, on either side of the political divide, who acknowledged whispering health care policy tips in the billionaire’s ear. Or for that matter, of hearing of anyone who had talked to his campaign.

“He seems to be a one-man policy shop,” said Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute, and a leading critic of Obamacare.

“I don’t know anybody who claims to even have a clue,” said a former top GOP Senate health care staffer.

Health care experts at the other end of the ideological spectrum also professed ignorance about Trump’s advisers.

“Absolutely never been asked by the Trump people,” wrote Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, who helped craft the health law as an adviser to President Barack Obama. “I know of no one else who has been asked.”