David Frum

David Frum @davidfrum

The people who, on Friday night, are going mental over the Chinese balloon are the same people who, on Monday morning, will threaten to push the US government into default to force an $80 billion cut in the defense budget against, among other things, Chinese balloons. — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

I don't have an explanation to offer for this seeming discrepancy - but it seems to call for one. END — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

The Chinese spy balloon is provocative for sure. But it's not killing anybody, unlike Putin's war of aggression and atrocity. But the MAGA-heads and tankies who object to aiding Ukraine lest that offend Russia seem untroubled by the most aggressive rhetoric against this balloon. — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

... when a Chinese spy balloon floats into US airspace - and Republican hawks go hysterical - those same voices that caution against resisting Russian mass killing fall silent. Why? — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

The Tucker Carlsons and Glenn Greenwalds; the MAGA-heads and the die-hard tankie Stalinists are all untroubled by even the most extreme and inflammatory rhetoric about what is, after all, a balloon. I don't have an explanation for this weird behavior. But it calls for one. END — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

... when a Chinese spy balloon floats into US airspace - and Republican hawks go hysterical - those same far left and far right voices that caution against resisting Russia. The balloon is provocative for sure, but it's not killing anybody. China is also a nuclear power. Yet ... — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

Paradox. When Russia invades a neighbor-smashes cities, kills tens of thousands- your social media and mine fill with voices from far left and far right warning against over-reaction and escalation. Russia is a nuclear power, they remind us, and so nobody should resist. BUT ... — PolitiTweet.org

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This is such a great show, what a pleasure to join — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @vmsalama: Official readout of Secretary Blinken's call today w/his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi: "The Secretary noted the PRC’s statemen… — PolitiTweet.org

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One thing I wouldn't overlook is possibility that China is seeking agricultural/energy information rather than strictly military information https://t.co/X52uDuc4Vn — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

It was the U2 overflights of USSR that proved to President Eisenhower that the Soviets were not ahead in missile race. Ike offered the Soviets overflights of the US. Agreed mutual aerial surveillance is strategically stabilizing. Latest in @TheAtlantic https://t.co/X52uDuc4Vn — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

It was the U2 overflights of USSR that proved to President Eisenhower that the Soviets were not ahead in missile rap. Ike offered the Soviets overflights of the US. Agreed mutual aerial surveillance is strategically stabilizing. Latest in @TheAtlantic https://t.co/X52uDuc4Vn — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BruceAHeyman: Another perspective by ⁦@davidfrum⁩ No Need to Pop This Balloon - The Atlantic https://t.co/T7X8uppG3b — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

MAGA defense on Trump-Russia deliberately misses the point. Russia hacked Clinton/DNC emails, released through intermediaries to benefit Trump. Trump allies shared polling data; reached out to intermediaries to seek info on next hacks. It's not about Facebook ads. — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

The jokes were fun, but otherwise: cool it on the Chinese spy balloon. Latest in @theAtlantic https://t.co/X52uDuc4Vn — PolitiTweet.org

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If you share it, that may upset them more. — PolitiTweet.org

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This one seems to have upset MAGA readers more even than usual. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbarro: I wrote about @davidfrum’s observation of a Republican electoral penalty for nominating miserable SOBs, and why the Reagan and… — PolitiTweet.org

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@BulwarkOnline I also make point on @BulwarkOnline podcast that those of us who follow politics closely may tend to under-rate the impact of issues like the cost of insulin. https://t.co/04JgG0vX4E — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

I join the @BulwarkOnline "Beg to Differ" podcast. What if DeSantis's GOP prospects are over-rated? https://t.co/04JgG0vX4E — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @micalizio333: What if DeSantis Can't Hack It? (with David Frum) https://t.co/iB3HRZyBkH — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

A great merit of Twitter: compulsory concision. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anneapplebaum: Thanks to torture, poor medical treatment and possibly poison in the prison where he is being held, Mikhail Saakashvili'… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @zecsaky: Some of them have taken place in Fidesz strongholds, and gov't propaganda has unleashed a torrent of attacks that has been sum… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @zecsaky: The recent slew of environmental protests has been an interesting development in Hungarian politics. Many hope they will serve… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mtkonczal: Getting the extra precision of dividing it manually, of the 1,801 months we have values for (since 1948), this unemployment… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Kevinliptakcnn: Beijing now says it "regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace" -- a conciliatory signal at a tense… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DeanBaker13: Unemployment rate for Blacks falls to 5.4 percent, lowest on record, for Black women down to 4.7 percent, also a record low — PolitiTweet.org

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The only thing that can stop a Chinese spy balloon is an American Space Needle. — PolitiTweet.org

David Frum @davidfrum

Russia helped Trump win the 2016 presidential election. Trump welcomed Russian help. Trump's intimates sought even more help. Trump's campaign manager shared information. All repeatedly lied about it. In office, Trump supported Russian policy goals Saved you 24,000 words. — PolitiTweet.org