David Frum
Senior Editor at The Atlantic
Writer, https://t.co/ncUQxYcRuC; Host The David Frum Show. Read more at https://t.co/k8AaBWWWf5.
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5 days ago |
theatlantic.com | David Frum
The rulers of Iran bet their regime on the “Trump always chickens out” trade. They refused diplomacy. They got war. They chose their fate. They deserve everything that has happened to them. Only the world’s most committed America-haters will muster sympathy for the self-destructive decision-making of a brutal regime. Striking Iran at this time and under these circumstances was the right decision by an administration and president that usually make the wrong one.
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6 days ago |
theatlantic.com | David Frum
President Donald Trump is being pulled toward war in the Middle East by his predator’s eye for a victim’s weakness and his ego’s need to claim the work of others as his own. But since his “unconditional surrender” social-media post on Tuesday, other Trump instincts have asserted themselves: above all, his fear of responsibility. Trump enjoys wielding power. He flinches from accountability. Days ago, Trump seemed to hunger for entry into Israel’s war.
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1 week ago |
thehub.ca | David Frum
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum and The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss Israel’s strikes against Iran and the impact they will have on the region, as well as their broader implications for Canada and the U.S. They also discuss the Trump administration’s role in the conflict and what would one characterize as consent for deeper involvement from allies, Congress, and the U.S. public.
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1 week ago |
theatlantic.com | David Frum
Listen1.0x0:0045:41Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsOn this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum urges an end to wishful thinking about Iran, and a focus instead on the regime’s threatening words and murderous actions. Then David is joined by the Carnegie Endowment scholar Karim Sadjadpour for an urgent conversation about the internal decay of Iran’s theocracy.
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2 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | David Frum
Listen1.0x0:009:30Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Sign up for Trump’s Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency. Donald Trump’s trade war is fast turning into a fiasco. When the president started the war, Team Trump advertised it as certain to be fast, easy, and cheap. Trump would impose tariffs. The world would yield to his will. The tariffs would do everything at once.
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