David FrumThinkers

Donald Trump is not the heart attack of democracy he is the gum disease of democracy you can die from gum disease but it festers for a long time before it finishes you off.

Donald Trump is a bellwether for the vulnerbilities of democracy which others will exploit.

Donald Trump is a man whose essence is cruelty.

Donald Trump is a man with many secrets but no mysteries: everything you need to know you know. you know he’s corrupt, you know he’s a crook, you know he’s in hock to the Russians.

Donald Trump is best made to release his taxes because, since foreign bank accounts must be reported on these forms, this information would help citizens see where his financial interest lie.

Donald Trump is best made to release his taxes. As we know, Trump offsets his personal income taxes with losses, so we would learn about any losses in his partnership income or royalty income which he'd avail himself of as personal loses.

Donald Trump is correct in his belief that our massive trade imbalances with China have had massive negative effects on workers since we’ve done no retraining.

Donald Trump is correct that real trouble is in the small towns and in rural areas; namely, drug abuse and family breakdown and levels of in prison that signals a social dysfunction that one could associate with the beginnings of the crisis black america in the 1970s.

Donald Trump is correct that while immigration is described by economists as creating no costs and only benefits, in fact, it has large costs which are invisible to those of us who talk about it because it falls on the bottom 30% to 40% of American society.

Donald Trump is guilty of aligning with Russian’s central aim which is to destroy Nato.

Donald Trump is guilty of working in line with the central foreign policy project of Russia, which is to sever the bond between the United States and Germany.

Donald Trump is not in violation of the emoluments clause for two reasons. It requires statute to define what constitutes an emolument. First, there isn't such a statute in place, and second, it's not clear who would have authority to bring a case.

Donald Trump has an instinct to sniff the vulnerabilities of his opponents; namely a resentment in America for each other’s differences more a cherishing of shared democracy.

Donald Trump has something more pernicious than state power to intimidate dissidents; namely he participates in the incitement of private violence to radicalize supporters.

Donald Trump is representative not of a bold overthrow of the Constitution, but a stealthy paralysis of governance.

Donald Trump is representative not of the open defiance of law, but an accumulating subversion of norms.

Donald Trump is routinely demanding that high officials disregard the law in favor of personal loyalty to him.