David Frum

David Frum

@davidfrum.bsky.social

Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things. Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario. Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com DMs open to followers

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Mary Beard and Why America Isn’t Rome (And Why That Matters) | The David Frum Show YouTube video by The Atlantic

Very glad so many people liked the Mary Beard episode of the David Frum Show. Tonight we drop audio -and tomorrow video - of a dialogue with
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on the connection between true knowledge and political freedom. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpFF...

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Crazy to think it will be easier to elect a friend of Israel as president of any Eastern European country than as the next congressperson from midtown Manhattan.

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@davidfrum.bsky.social on the "sick psychological dynamic of what President Trump is up to" with proceedings like the FBI raid on former national security advisor John Bolton.

"This is unlike anything we've ever seen before."

via @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

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Caitlin Dickerson and How ICE Became Trump’s Secret Army | The David Frum Show YouTube video by The Atlantic

Don't miss @caitlindickerson.bsky.social on the explosive growth of ICE under Trump www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtSK...

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Caitlin Dickerson and How ICE Became Trump’s Secret Army | The David Frum Show YouTube video by The Atlantic

The streets of the United States are patrolled - and 000s have been detained - by masked paramilitary forces who disavow due process and who demonstrate loyalty to a single political party, not the US government or Constitution. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtSK...

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Caitlin Dickerson and How ICE Became Trump’s Secret Army | The David Frum Show YouTube video by The Atlantic

Video of David Frum Show episode with @caitlindickerson.bsky.social now posted to YouTube. Watch, subscribe, and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtSK...

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Americans are paying over 20% more for coffee under Trump than under Biden. When Trump brags about tariff collections, he's bragging about his tax on your cup. Good morning!

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How ICE Became Trump’s Secret Army Podcast Episode · The David Frum Show · 08/20/2025 · 57m

Audio has posted of this week's David Frum Show; video a little later this morning (ET). Subscribe! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

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Americans are paying over 20% more for coffee under Trump than under Biden. When Trump brags about tariff collections, he's bragging about his tax on your cup.

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Next David Frum Show will release on audio tonight at midnight. Video will post tomorrow morning. Guest will be my @theatlantic.com colleague @caitlindickerson.bsky.social
We'll discuss how under Trump, ICE is growing into 3d largest armed force on earth, after US DoD and China PLA. Subscribe!

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The Limits of Recognition The move by several states to recognize Palestine will not end conflict in the Middle East—or at home.

Center-left governments in Australia, Canada, France, and UK are moving toward recognition of Palestinian statehood in hope of diminishing pro-Palestinian violence on their own soil. My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on Why Housing Feels Hopeless | The David Frum Show YouTube video by The Atlantic

Are housing costs driven by greedy developers? I asked Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin in latest episode of David Frum Show podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTAv...

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Why Housing Feels Hopeless, with Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman | The David Frum Show YouTube video by The Atlantic

New David Frum Show.
Guest, Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, "why housing feels hopeless."
I open with thoughts on 80th anniversary of VJ Day. Along with the terrible war that ended August 15, 1945, let's honor the long peace that began that day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTAv...

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The David Frum Show - YouTube To defend democracy, one has to believe in it. To believe in democracy, one has to understand it. Where it came from. How it works. What’s true. What’s not. ...

The David Frum Show debuted April 9. We're now nearing 5 million views/audio downloads. Subscribe and join the action. Shows post every Wednesday. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Ukraine Won’t Surrender, with Adrian Karatnycky and Tim Mak | The David Frum Show YouTube video by The Atlantic

New David Frum show video just posted: Ukraine won't surrender www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1b_...

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David Frum: Carney recognizing Palestinian statehood and its diplomatic consequences YouTube video by The Hub Canada

I talk in this
@thehubcanada.bsky.social dialogue about the enduring power of the ancient myth: a sinless sufferer tormented by demonic Jews www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhDI...

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Douglas Irwin and How Trump Weaponized World Trade | The David Frum Show YouTube video by The Atlantic

Why the Trump tariffs are failing www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv-U...

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Douglas Irwin and How Trump Weaponized World Trade | The David Frum Show YouTube video by The Atlantic

Why the economic news is bad today www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv-U...

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Trump’s Tariff Disaster Doug Irwin, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, on Trump’s trade war, the myth of protectionism, and what history teaches us about tariffs

If you want to know more about why Trump's latest round of regressive taxes on American consumers is stupid and dangerous ... here's your link. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

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Trump’s Tariff Disaster Doug Irwin, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, on Trump’s trade war, the myth of protectionism, and what history teaches us about tariffs

19th century tariffs did not accelerate US industrialization.

Yes, the Great Depression was caused by US tariffs, specifically the tariffs of 1922.

The "China shock" of the 2000s did not slow US growth.

All this and more ... www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

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Trump’s Tariff Disaster Podcast Episode · The David Frum Show · 07/30/2025 · 58m

Debunking Trump tariff lies on the new David Frum Show podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Tariffs are a systematic attack on American prosperity. The arguments presented for tariffs are a sustained insult to American intelligence.

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The David Frum Show - YouTube To defend democracy, one has to believe in it. To believe in democracy, one has to understand it. Where it came from. How it works. What’s true. What’s not. ...

On tomorrow's David Frum Show, the trade historian Douglas Irwin debunks the dumb fictions that support Donald Trump's massive tariff tax increases on working-class and middle-class Americans. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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The David Frum Show Making sense instead of making noise

Tariffs tariffs tariffs on tomorrow's David Frum Show. Subscribe now on your favorite platform. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/the...

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If Trump lost valued employees to competing offers, one reason might be his company's court-proven practice of requiring employees to participate in tax fraud in order to gain their full compensation. www.reuters.com/legal/trump-...

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Trump's new story is that he fell out with Jeffrey Epstein because Trump's most valued employees preferred to go work for a notorious sex offender rather than stay with Trump.

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Trump first term message: "Liberal tears and higher wages."

Trump second term message: "Higher taxes on everything you buy to finance my Epstein cover-up and retirement cash-out."

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Trump Is Making Socialism Great Again Capitalism needs better advocates.

The new socialism owes a lot to Trump's discrediting of trade and markets. Latest in @theAtlantic www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Trump Is Making Socialism Great Again Capitalism needs better advocates.

Trump's socialism www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.

I wrote in May that Trump's corruption cannot be compared to anything in past US history, not to Watergate, not to Teapot Dome. It's analogs are found in the post-Soviet republics and post-colonial African dictatorships. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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