"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.
