David Frum: "Can America Be Trusted Again?"

00:00 Welcome remarks by Bartley Grosserichter
03:34 Introduction of speaker David Frum
04:59 Opening remarks by David Frum about the question of trust in the U.S.
06:54 Description of current crises and aggression: Ukraine war and Israel-Palestine crisis
09:15 Reasons to question trust in America
12:28 Distrust in free trade as inherent feature of the American system
13:20 Global migration crisis and authoritarianism
14:54 Future prospects of Donald Trump: presidency or prison
17:00 Importance of the protection of the democratic system
20:39 Global rise of right-wing forces
24:27 Conversation between David Frum and Bartley Grosserichter
24:58 The U.S. electoral system
27:51 Evaluation of Trump’s chances of reelection
29:50 Predictions about Trump’s potential second term
36:54 Party over country? The election of the Speaker of the House
39:22 Age of presidential candidates
42:02 Third party candidates and possible dangers
44:37 Concept of negative partisanship
47:47 Necessity of return to acceptability over negative partisanship
50:39 Potential split of the Republican Party?
52:19 Elaboration on arguments for voting for Trump
55:37 Ukraine war fatigue in America - a problem of ignorance
59:08 Changes in perception of war in Europe since the Marshall Plan
1:02:16 NatCon (National Conservatism) politicians and their influence
1:07:02 Movements that bring hope to the future of U.S. politics
1:08:53 Closing remarks by Bartley Grosserichter
Democracy was on the ballot in 2020. So were the environment and collective security. A majority of Americans rejected authoritarianism and isolationism in the last presidential election. With war raging in Ukraine, another war threatening in Asia, and the whole planet heating, Americans will soon vote again.
Can the world still trust American leadership?
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Frum is a writer at "The Atlantic" magazine and the author of two books dealing with the Trump presidency: the 2018 New York Times bestseller, "Trumpocracy - The Corruption of the American Republic" and "Trumpocalypse - Restoring American Democracy", published in 2020. From 2001-2002, he served as a special assistant and speechwriter to President George W. Bush during and after the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Frum earned a Bachelor and a Master of Arts in history at Yale, then a Doctor of Law degree at Harvard. He is a recognized intellectual leader of the American conservative movement and was one of the first and foremost conservative Republicans to sound the alarm about the challenges posed by the Trump presidency. His prophetic 2017 cover story in the Atlantic, "How to Build an Autocracy", has been one of the most cited works of the Trump years.
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ORGANIZERS:
A part of the Munich Dialogues on Democracy Speakers Series, a cooperation between The Yale Club of Germany e.V. (Munich Chapter) and the Amerikahaus - Bavarian Center for Transatlantic Relations.
PARTNER:
Carl-Schurz-Haus Freiburg
SUPPORTED BY:
Federal Foreign Office
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