David Frum
He is the author of 10 books, most recently Trumpocracy (2018) and Trumpocalypse (2020). In 2001 and 2002, David was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush. From 2014 to 2017, he chaired the prominent U.K. center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. He writes for The Atlantic on topics including politics, policy, art, literature, and history.
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Annabelle Gordon / CNP / Bloomberg / Getty Don’t Both-Sides This One, Joe
Biden’s speech about anti-Semitism is a test of courage as well as compassion.
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The Atlantic / Associated Press; Getty The Plot to Wreck the Democratic Convention
May not amount to much, actually
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Win McNamee / Getty Even Bill Barr Should Prefer Joe Biden
Donald Trump is not a rational choice for conservative Republicans.
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Joe Raedle / Getty Trump Deflates
It wasn’t just Putin who lost in the House vote on Ukraine aid.
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Win McNamee / Getty Why Biden Should Not Debate Trump
The networks want their show, but to give the challenger equal status on a TV stage would be a dire normalization of his attempted coup.
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Ahmad Gharabli / AFP / Getty A Test of Strength
Biden stands with America’s allies. Trump doesn’t.
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Courtesy of Natali Golden Miranda’s Last Gift
When our daughter died suddenly, she left us with grief, memories—and Ringo.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Ego Has Crash-Landed
If Donald Trump loses November’s election, it will be for one reason: He can’t help making it all about himself.
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Hector Vivas / Getty The Man Who Now Controls the U.S. Border
Mexico’s president gets to determine whether an immigration crisis dominates headlines in a U.S. election year.
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David Hume Kennerly; Win McNamee; Jim Watson; Brendan … I Wrote George W. Bush’s Cheat Sheets. Here’s What I Learned.
Even the most youthful commanders in chief use them.
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Haiyun Jiang / The New York Times / … The Good Republicans’ Last Stand
Will enough of Trump’s party finally be willing to stick up for Ukraine rather than follow his lead and bow to Russia?
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Kevin Dietsch / Getty The GOP’s True Priority
The Republicans who won’t take yes for an answer
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Illustration by Jan Robert Dünnweller. Source: Oscar White … Uncancel Woodrow Wilson
Despised as a racist by today’s left and a tyrant by today’s right, the 28th president championed a set of values that our politics sorely lack.
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Matt McClain / The Washington Post / Getty The GOP’s Great Betrayal
Congressional Republicans are blocking crucial aid to Israel and Ukraine out of sheer servility to Trump.
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M. Scott Brauer / Redux The Least Objectionable Candidate
There’s a reason Democratic voters are rallying behind Joe Biden.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty The Ruin That a Trump Presidency Would Mean
As GOP leaders get in line, the outlook for democracy looks grim—in Ukraine, and even in America.
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Justin Sullivan / Getty Suddenly, Trump Is Interested in Democracy
As Maine throws him off the ballot, the president who betrayed democracy is now pleading for its protections.
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Kamil Krzaczynksi / AFP / Getty The Colorado Supreme Court Just Gave Republicans a Chance to Save Themselves
They should take it.
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Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic* They Do It for Trump
Behind the GOP’s shifting excuses for abandoning Ukraine
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Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Anna Moneymaker, Drew … Why the GOP Doesn’t Really Want a Deal on Ukraine and the Border
The congressional opposition to the president’s funding request explained—as far as it can be
