Trumpocalypse Restoring American Democracy

David Frum

eBook - 2020

"I don't take responsibility at all." Those words of Donald Trump at a March 13, 2020, press conference are likely to be history's epitaph on his presidency. A huge swath of Americans has put their faith in Trump, and Trump only, because they see the rest of the country building a future that doesn’t have a place for them. If they would risk their lives for Trump in a pandemic, they will certainly risk the stability of American democracy. They brought the Trumpocalypse upon the country, and a post-Trumpocalypse country will have to find a way either to reconcile them to democracy - or to protect democracy from them.In Trumpocalypse, David Frum looks at what happens when a third of the electorate refuses to abandon Dona...ld Trump, no matter what he does. Those voters aren’t looking for policy wins. They’re seeking cultural revenge.It is not enough to defeat Donald Trump on election day 2020. Even if Trump... more