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<title><![CDATA[David Frum - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14631.xml</link><description><![CDATA[David Frum]]></description><category domain="14631">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Mafia Presidency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/welcome-to-the-mafia-presidency/ar-AA1HXOra</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Theoretically, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s illegal for the president to accept or solicit bribes. The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' plain language of the statute'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is perfectly clear: It is a crime for a public official to seek or receive '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'anything of value'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in return for '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'being influenced in the performance of any'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Islamic Republic Is Losing Its Grip]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/06/david-frum-show-iran-israel-karim-sadjadpour/683220/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Karim Sadjadpour on how the Islamic Republic is losing its grip, and what might come next]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jack Smith Gives Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/jack-smith-gives-up/ar-BB1rrS5l?cvid=31d943b6a60e460591d7cacd7a5c42d4&amp;ei=11</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Early this morning, the Department of Justice released the report of Special Counsel Jack Smith on his investigation of Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This New Republican Party Is Totally Beatable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/this-crew-is-totally-beatable/ar-BB1qhDhT</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Better the Biden You Know]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/better-the-biden-you-know/ar-BB1pgA7l</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The great operational question before us is not '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Is Joe Biden too old?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The question is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Do you trust the delegates to the Democratic convention in Chicago to replace the present ticket with a supposedly more winning ticket without ripping their party apart in catastrophic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Should Never Have Been Allowed a Debate Platform]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-should-never-have-had-this-platform/ar-BB1p2tAe</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The debate was a travesty'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'because its whole premise was to treat a failed coup leader as a legitimate candidate for the presidency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Plot to Wreck the Democratic Convention]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-plot-to-wreck-the-democratic-convention/ar-AA1nR90t?cvid=39d37e3be585408fdf500fba3f6eef7b&amp;ei=24</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Opponents of the Iraq War gathered to disrupt the Republican National Convention in 2004. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in New York City; some put the total as high as 200,000. A minority of the protesters disregarded police lines. More than 1,800 people were arrested.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Even Bill Barr Should Prefer Joe Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/politics/even-bill-barr-should-prefer-joe-biden/ar-AA1nNVEZ</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even Bill Barr Should Prefer Joe Biden]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ukraine Won. Trump Lost]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-deflates/ar-AA1nmzAd</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' House vote to aid Ukraine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' renews hope that Ukraine can still win its war. It also showed how and why Donald Trump should lose the 2024 election.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Ruin That a Trump Presidency Would Mean]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-ruin-that-a-trump-presidency-would-mean/ar-AA1n4HqH</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2016, Republicans could profess some uncertainty about the kind of president Donald Trump would be. Maybe the office would change the man? Maybe the party elite could bend Trump to its will?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Indictment Presents Americans With Clear Choice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/where-do-you-stand/ar-AA19hTxB</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's indictment presents Republicans, and all Americans, with a clear choice.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Iraq War Reconsidered]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/what-does-the-iraq-war-mean-today/ar-AA18yRbE</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S.-led invasion was a grave and costly error. But 20 years on, another assessment is possible.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP Is Just Obnoxious]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-gop-is-just-obnoxious/ar-AA16ZtbZ</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s say you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a politician in a close race and your opponent suffers a stroke. What do you do?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Justice Is Coming for Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/justice-is-coming-for-donald-trump/ar-AA15sAak</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every effort to hold Donald Trump accountable has been thwarted by those who made it someone else's job. Not any more.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Only the GOP Celebrates Political Violence]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/only-the-gop-celebrates-political-violence/ar-AA13w9dx?ocid=a2hs</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In March 2020, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives posted a video message addressed to two Democratic political candidates that issued a threatening challenge if they passed laws he did not like. Standing in his Capitol Hill office, Ken Buck of Colorado'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Fourth...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Rescue Package for the Biden Admin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-political-survival-plan-that-biden-needs/ar-AAYWztB</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His presidency is beset with huge challenges, many of his own making. Here are five pillars of wisdom to help him meet them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Witness Who Matters Most: It's You]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-one-witness-at-the-january-6-hearing-who-matters-most/ar-AAYi0un</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The congressional hearing into the events of January 6 on Thursday night focused attention on a single decisive person. Not the hearing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s powerful chair or the meticulous vice chair. Not the former U.S. president who tried to overthrow the government. Not the former vice president...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Hands Are Full of Blood]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/america-s-hands-are-full-of-blood/ar-AAXFQYm</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid our pain and grief, we must face a bitter truth.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ukraine a Nation Worth Fighting For]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-nation-worth-fighting-for/ar-AAVlYzw</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ukraine claims something more than sympathy from the democratic world. It claims membership.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ohio's Senate Race Is a Trump-Era Tragedy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ohios-senate-race-is-a-trump-era-tragedy/ar-AATv23L</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bernie Moreno used to be the perfect Republican candidate. Then Donald Trump took over.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Revenge of the Donald]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/revenge-of-the-donald/ar-AAQ2RrD</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Losers don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t usually get a second chance in modern U.S. presidential politics. Back in the days of nominating conventions and party bosses, an Adlai Stevenson or a Thomas Dewey could gain two consecutive nominations. Richard Nixon actually won the presidency in 1968 after losing in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Republican Voter Suppression Efforts May Backfire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-are-making-4-key-mistakes/ar-BB1fB4zf</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In every state where Republicans control a chamber of the legislature, bills to restrict voting are advancing fast. Arizona and Texas Republicans have acted especially aggressively to choke off unwanted voters in time for 2022.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Is No Defense--Only Republican Complicity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/there-is-no-defense-only-complicity/ar-BB1dAge0</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To understand what was at issue in the impeachment proceedings today, it helps to look at a video released yesterday by Senator Marco Rubio.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Conservative Cult of Victimhood]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-conservative-cult-of-victimhood/ar-BB1cEnn9</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many of President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s crooked schemes are so ill-thought that even his intimates cannot take them seriously.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Last Exit From Trump's Autocracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/last-exit-from-autocracy/ar-BB1a0YRN</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most important'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ballot question in 2020 is not Joe Biden versus Donald Trump, or Democrat versus Republican. The most important question is: Will Trump get away with his corruption'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'will his crooked and authoritarian tactics succeed?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is the Looter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-is-the-looter/ar-BB14LGIK</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d think Donald Trump would have more sympathy for looters, being a looter himself. The president has helped himself to money from the U.S. Treasury, using political power to direct public money to his personal businesses. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not as visual as a riot, but until 2017 it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americans Aren't Rallying to Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://outline.com/ry75Bk</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So that was not exactly the Cuban missile crisis.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dinesh D'Souza and the Decline of Conservatism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/dinesh-dsouza-is-making-a-comeback/567233/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Under President Trump, the most outrageous and aggrieved polemicists are thriving.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Firing McCabe Is Just the Start]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/trump-mccabe/555869/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump raged at his TV on Sunday morning. And yet on balance, he had a pretty good weekend. He got a measure of revenge upon the hated FBI, firing former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe two days before his pension vested. He successfully coerced his balky attorney general, Jeff...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Is Under Attack and the President Doesn't Care]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/america-is-under-attack-and-the-president-doesnt-care/553667/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Frum</author>
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