The promise that each generation would be better off than the last has quietly broken, and with it, trust in the people who were supposed to manage the economy.
From this week’s episode of The David Frum Show, available wherever you get your podcasts.
#economy #recession #inflation #populism
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The Trump administration has taught Iran how to defeat the Trump administration through the Trump administration’s own words.
From the this week’s episode of The David Frum Show, available wherever you get your podcasts.
#iran #trump #hormuz #gasprices
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“You lost a war, but you built a ballroom”
Donald Trump has been on a branding spree —the Kennedy Center, the White House — and now: U.S. currency. David Frum and Jessica Tarlov discuss, on Raging Moderates.
“Donald Trump always bluffs”
Donald Trump keeps moving more U.S. troops into the Middle East, making a ground deployment in Iran look increasingly inevitable. David Frum and Jessica Tarlov discuss, on Raging Moderates.
Why are Nazi apologists making a comeback?
From my conversation with Lord Andrew Roberts in the latest episode of The David Frum Show, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Donald Trump is comfortable as a wartime president, just as long as his advisory is the American people.
From the latest episode of The David Frum Show, available wherever you get your podcasts.
#trump #politics #iran
"It just sounds like the decline and fall of the American empire symbolized right there."
@davidfrum and @timmillergram skewer the Trump administration's plans to hold an MMA fight on the White House lawn to commemorate Trump's birthday — and the 250th anniversary of America.
Watch and listen to the full episode of the Bulwark Podcast at TheBulwark.com and YouTube, or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Click the link in bio for more.
"This is where I start to feel like, again, a peacenik or an America First person. What does that have to do with us?"
@davidfrum spars with @timmillergram over the war with Iran and argues the case for why more extensive military intervention is necessary.
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"While telling everyone...one of the reasons that the U.S. needs to fight Iran is the threat of terrorism; how unserious about terrorism are you if you put this team of bozos in charge of defending the homeland against terror attack?"
@davidfrum on Trump admin. incompetence.
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Trump wants to wage a war in Iran without any congressional authorization or oversight, both Republicans and Democrats in congress seem happy to let him do it.
From the latest episode of The David Frum Show, available now wherever you get your podcasts .
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#Trump #politics #war #iran