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The Bill Press Pod

"That Sacrifice Was Wasted." w/David Frum

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Bill Press, Hillary Clinton, Cnn, Stephanie Miller, Liberal, Bernie Sanders, Fox News, Thom Hartmann, Progressive, Jamie Benson, Donald Trump, Progressive Talk, News, Msnbc, Young Turks

4.7601 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

David Frum is an Atlantic Senior Editor, a Bush 43 speech writer. And still a Republican. His new book, Trumpocalypse, (buy it here), is a searing take down of Trump and a plan for the USA and the world to recover from Trump. Including statehood for DC, a new voting rights act, killing the filibuster and requiring the release of tax returns for all presidential candidates.

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0:00.0

Hello friends, welcome back to the Bill Press pod.

0:10.0

You know, every couple of days or so, Donald Trump rags about having 95% support among Republicans.

0:18.0

Well, like everything else, Donald Trump must be ignoring the evidence. There are,

0:23.9

in fact, more and more Republicans every day, not only speaking out against Trump, but opposing him

0:29.3

for re-election. We've talked to a couple of them on this podcast, Bill Crystal, of Republican

0:35.1

voters against Trump, and Rick Wilson of the Lincoln Project.

0:39.1

Today we meet one more, one of the strongest voices so far, leading conservative thinker

0:45.2

and former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum. Frum is out with a new book, Trumpocalypse,

0:51.8

as scary as it sounds, where he warns that the world, the nation, and the

0:56.5

Republican Party could not survive another four years of Donald Trump. It's time, says David

1:03.4

Frum, for those Republican leaders who went along with Trump thinking he might grow into

1:09.0

the job of president to finally admit they were wrong.

1:14.2

David Frum, good to join you. Thanks so much for giving us some time today. Bill, it's so nice to

1:18.6

reconnect after this while. Indeed. So the new book, Trompocalypse. I mean, Apocalypse, David,

1:25.5

that's a very ominous title. Is it as scary as it sounds?

1:30.1

Well, when the publisher and I set the title some months ago, I did share exactly your feeling.

1:36.6

Actually, I thought I might be like overselling.

1:39.5

You know, things were bad, but Apocalypse?

1:42.6

But the origin of the title is this.

1:46.0

The word apocalypse, we use it to mean catastrophe, but it actually means a revelation.

1:52.0

It means an unveiling, literally, is the Greek, to take something off something.

1:58.2

So I'm trying to give here a glimpse of the future post-Trump. I wrote the book,

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