Why Trump Is Losing His Trade War
He picked a stupid fight with the whole world. The bad results are all on him.
David Frum
David Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of 10 books, most recently Trumpocracy (2018) and Trumpocalypse (2020). In 2001 and 2002, David was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush. From 2014 to 2017, he chaired the prominent U.K. center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. He writes for The Atlantic on topics including politics, policy, art, literature, and history.
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