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Matt Forde's Political Party

Show 165 - David Frum

Matt Forde's Political Party

The Political Party

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4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

George W Bush's former speechwriter delivers a devastating assessment of Donald Trump's Presidency and electoral prospects. Expanding on the themes of his new book 'Trumpocalypse', David analyses the effect of Trump on the Republican party and the democratic structures of the United States. Credited with creating the phrase "axis of evil", David explains the reasoning behind those specific words and takes us inside George W Bush's White House. Follow David on Twitter here: @davidfrum Buy 'Trumpocalypse' here: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Trumpocalypse-Restoring-American-Democracy/dp/B07XYBZNF1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BCZC2JH735P4&dchild=1&keywords=trumpocalypse&qid=1590168658&sprefix=trumpoca%2Caps%2C232&sr=8-1 Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde For the latest UK Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus *** IMPORTANT TOUR UPDATE *** NEW REARRANGED DATES INCLUDE: 2 October - Corby Cube 4 October - Brighton Komedia 9 October - Chorley Little Theatre 18 October - Leeds Hyde Park Book Club 25 October - Newcastle Stand 3 November - Camberley Theatre 13 November - Alnwick Playhouse 15 November - York Crescent 19 November - Cardiff Sherman Theatre 29 November - Glasgow Stand 3 December - Southend Dixon Studio 6 December - Sheffield Leadmill

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Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is David from senior editor at the

1:23.0

Atlantic and former speech writer to George W. Bush. It was David who coined the phrase

1:27.7

the axis of evil and we talk about that later in the interview as well as what it was

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like to work in the White House for W. Bush. David has a new book out called Trumpocalypse

1:36.6

which follows on from Trumpocracy, one of his books that you may have read. So we talk

1:40.3

about that. But obviously this book is being released at a time when the phrase Trump

1:44.9

ocalypse could not be more appropriate. So I began by asking him, is the Trumpocalypse

1:49.8

we're now living through different to the one that he originally envisioned?

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Well when I wrote the book that became Trumpocalypse and it's the second of two part sequence

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