David Frum
Author of Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
About the Author
David Frum is Canadian-American, born in 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from Yale University in 1982 with B.A. and M.A. degrees. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1987. He is a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. His show more writing has appeared on the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs. Frum writes a twice-weekly column for Canada's National Post and broadcasts regularly on NPR's Morning Edition. He is the author of nine books. His first book was Dead Right, published in 1994. His latest book, Trumpocracy: The Corruption of The American Republic, was published in January 2018. He lives in Washington, D. C. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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What Might Have Been : Leading Historians on Twelve 'What Ifs' of History (2004) — Contributor — 185 copies
Counterpoints: 25 Years of The New Criterion on Culture and the Arts (2007) — Contributor — 48 copies
Against the Grain: The New Criterion on Art and Intellect at the End of the Twentieth Century (1995) — Contributor — 34 copies
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Crittenden, Danielle (wife)
Worthington, Peter (father-in-law) - Organizations
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The Week
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- David Frum is a senior editor at the Atlantic and the author of nine books, including the New York Times bestseller Trumpocracy. From 2001 to 2002, he served as a speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush. He and his wife, Danielle Crittenden Frum, live in Washington, DC, and Wellington, Ontario. They have three children.
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Canadian David Frum, a longtime commentator on Republican politics and former White House speechwriter for George W. Bush, takes a swipe at Trump’s many enablers: the GOP party faithful, Trump’s opponents, former FBI director James Comey, Vladimir Putin’s security apparatus, the FOX News fable machine, right-wing propagandists, the Hillary machine, Conservative campaign donors, disgruntled white male voters, and the list goes on.
But the part that really gets his back up is the depth of corruption seeping into the system, and the cynicism entering public discourse of the free press. Trump’s campaign personnel, his Cabinet appointees, and for sure his relatives are cashing in big time on this administration. All the while people grow less and less convinced that the fifth estate can right the ship.
American institutions are under a terrible assault from within. Their ability to govern at home, their ability to coordinate global issues with partners abroad is eroding so quickly that American influence is sure to weaken on the issues that matter.
Even when the day comes that Trump leaves the main stage — and for cryin’ out loud he’s only been in power a year and a half! — to what degree is he an avatar for American leaders to to come? The griping. The snivelling. The personal vendettas.
From the vantage point of his quiet home in Prince Edward County Ontario Frum sees rays of hope, while his neighbours prepare for a new Government in Ontario to sweep away the albeit less virulent corruption of the reigning Liberal Party.
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