Trump Just Whined About His Hard Job. Bush’s Speechwriter’s Response Is EPIC
No one would accuse the man who served as George W. Bush’s first presidential speechwriter of being a liberal. Still, David Frum has been a vocal and powerful critic of President Trump, both for his many conflicts of interest and his total lack of preparedness for the job of Commander-in-Chief.
Today’s report that Trump thought the job of being President would be “easier,” and that he missed his old life, seems to have set Frum off. Now a senior editor at The Atlantic, Frum responded to the story with a frustrated tweet that, at first, appeared to be a one-off:
Nobody could have known the presidency was hard.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Then, two minutes later, he tweeted another couple of salient points, followed by an observation about Trump’s ignorance two minutes after that, which seemed to be the end of it.
As Newt Gingrich pointed out, nobody could have known that the president is sometimes criticized and occasionally does not get his own way
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
All this information was cunningly concealed by being put in books and other forms of writing
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Also , nobody could have known that 2 year old tweets are retrievable
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
But Frum was just getting started. What follows is an epic litany of Trump’s complete futility and lack of fitness for the office he holds. Some of these are major causes for concern, others hilarious. Each is worth a read, and together they paint an accurate and troubling picture of the man who thinks he’s running the free world.
Nobody could have known it was wrong for a former head of an intelligence agency to accept money from foreign governments
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known it was wrong for a former head of an intelligence agency to accept money from foreign governments
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that a few dozen little white lies about things like wiretapping could cause so much trouble
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that a few dozen little white lies about things like wiretapping could cause so much trouble
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that removing health coverage from tens of millions of people might have political consequences
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that tax plans are supposed to come with numbers
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that they tally and publish how much your weekend golf excursions cost the public
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that the Indian and the Pacific are different oceans
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that the Indian and the Pacific are different oceans
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that Congress would ask questions if you accepted $400 million from a state controlled Chinese bank
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that when photographed with children, you're supposed to pretend to like them
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that threatening to cancel a 30 year old trillion dollar North American trade deal might upset anybody
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Nobody could have known that his wife often looks unhappy when his back is turned
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 28, 2017
Sheila Norton is a writer with ten years of Capitol Hill experience. Subscribe to the OD Action email to get all the hottest news delivered right to your inbox every day at www.odaction.com