Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy

Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy

by David Frum
Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy

Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy

by David Frum

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Overview

"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 Donald 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 peacefully departs office, the trauma he inflicted will distort American and world politics for years to come. Americans must start from where they are, build from what they have, to repair the damage Trump inflicted on the country, to amend the wrongs that, under Trump, they inflicted upon each other.

Americans can do better. David Frum shows how—and inspires all readers of all points of view to believe again in the possibilities of American life. Trumpocalypse is both a warning of danger and a guide to reform that will be read and discussed for years to come.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780062978417
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 05/26/2020
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 684,104
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

David Frum is a senior editor at the Atlantic and the author of nine books, including the New York Times bestseller Trumpocracy. From 2001 to 2002, he served as a speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush. He and his wife, Danielle Crittenden Frum, live in Washington, DC, and Wellington, Ontario. They have three children.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I The Reckoning

Chapter 1 The Smash-Up 15

Chapter 2 The Wall of Impunity 42

Chapter 3 World War Trump 58

Chapter 4 White Terror 79

Chapter 5 "Real" versus "Unreal" Americans 108

Chapter 6 The Deep State Lie 133

Chapter 7 How to Lose to Trump 159

Part II A New Age of Reform

Chapter 8 Unrigging the System 175

Chapter 9 Uniting "Us" and "Them" 193

Chapter 10 Greener Planet, Better Jobs 222

Chapter 11 Great Again 257

Chapter 12 Against Revenge 276

Acknowledgments 307

Endnotes 311

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