David Frum: “The necessary factor to keep in mind about Donald Trump’s presidency is that he used to be overwhelmed once more, and once more, and once more. His protecting congressional majority used to be stripped away in 2018. He used to be two times tainted via impeachment. He used to be defeated for reelection. His conspiracy to overturn that election defeat used to be thwarted.”
“Complete justice used to be no longer served—no longer but, anyway. However the nation used to be stored, as a result of sufficient folks summoned up the nerve to do the proper factor. From time to time, that proper factor used to be a terrifyingly shut shave. From time to time, the folk doing the proper factor had warmed up with an extended spell of doing the improper factor, as Vice President Mike Pence did a large number of improper issues ahead of he did the proper factor on January 6, 2021. But when there’s one lesson to take from the Trump years, it’s no longer the cynical Twitter funny story ‘LOL not anything issues.’ The lesson is that the whole lot mattered: each and every act of judgment of right and wrong, each and every act of truthful reporting, each and every denial of the Giant Lie, each and every poll.”
