David Frum Quotes


The system has evolved to protect parties from people like Donald Trump. It really is true that people without well-established public records, without proven capability in public service, without tested beliefs and at least apparently under the influence of a foreign power, such people are screened out by major parties.


Citations

Frum, David. Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic. Harper, 2018.

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David Frum
David Frum
  • Born: June 30, 1960
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Journalist, Author, Speechwriter

David Jeffrey Frum is a Canadian-American political commentator and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, who is currently a senior editor at The Atlantic as well as an MSNBC contributor. In 2003, Frum authored the first book about Bush's presidency written by a former member of the administration. He has taken credit for inspiring the phrase "axis of evil" in Bush's 2002 State of the Union address.