David Frum
He is the author of 10 books, most recently Trumpocracy (2018) and Trumpocalypse (2020). In 2001 and 2002, David was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush. From 2014 to 2017, he chaired the prominent U.K. center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. He writes for The Atlantic on topics including politics, policy, art, literature, and history.
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Liu Jie / Xinhua / eyevine / Redux An Exit From the GOP’s Labyrinth of Trump Lies
The special counsel’s indictment offers party leaders their best escape from the loyalty trap yet—if they choose to take it.
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Ben Kothe; The Atlantic / Getty Why Putin’s Secret Weapon Failed
Russia’s gambit to deter support for Ukraine by restricting energy supplies flopped—thanks to concerted action by European countries.
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Jason Koerner / Getty DeSantis’s Launch Was Not the Only Thing That Crashed
It was bad when the Twitter Spaces sound was off for the Florida governor. It was worse when the sound came on.
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U.S. Department of Justice / The New York … A Sinister Flop
Special Counsel John Durham served up not an investigation, but an excuse for future partisan abuses.
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Brandon Bell / Getty; Anna Moneymaker / Getty What Could Turn Biden’s Reelection Upside Down
The X factors of the 2024 presidential race
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Matthew Horwood / Getty ‘We’re All Worse Off’
Britain is now paying the price for its decision to leave the European Union.
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Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Anton Petrus / … The Coming Biden Blowout
Republicans thought about running without Trump in 2024—but lost their nerve. They’re heading for electoral disaster again.
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Stephanie Keith / Bloomberg / Getty Don’t Indict Trump With This
Now we know what the Manhattan prosecutors have. It’s not enough.
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John Moore / Getty Never Again Trump
Can the GOP stop an indicted ex-president?
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Michael M. Santiago / Getty Where Do You Stand?
Trump’s indictment presents Republicans, and all Americans, with a clear choice.
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Win McNamee / Getty The Next U.S. President Will Need to Defeat Isolationism
As they look toward the 2024 election, Americans must ask which leader can win the peace.
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Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / LightRocket / … Is Ron DeSantis Flaming Out Already?
The Florida governor has a plan to win the Fox News primary—and lose everything else.
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Alex Majoli / Magnum The Iraq War Reconsidered
The U.S.-led invasion was a grave and costly error. But 20 years on, another assessment is possible.
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Ricardo Tomás for The Atlantic The Autocrat Next Door
Liberal democracy in Mexico is under assault. Worse, the attacker is the country’s own president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Jacquelyn Martin / Bloomberg / Getty How Biden Successfully Baited Congressional Republicans
The old man has learned some new tricks.
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Patrick Pleul / Picture Alliance / Getty No Need to Pop This Balloon
We can assume that U.S.-China surveillance is mutual—and it’s safer that way.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters Do They Not Know He’ll Betray Them?
Expect Donald Trump to blame his own party if the Republicans’ debt-ceiling gambit goes wrong.
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Illustration by Doug Chayka* The GOP Is Just Obnoxious
It’s why the party keeps losing elections.
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Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty No Tears for Kevin McCarthy
It would be better for everyone if his candidacy for House speaker failed.
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty Zelensky Recalled Us to Ourselves
He came to thank the U.S. for supporting Ukraine. It is Americans who should thank him.
