# David Frum David Frum is a Canadian-American political commentator, former George W. Bush speechwriter, and staff writer at The Atlantic. He coined the phrase "Axis of Evil" and spent much of his early career as a standard [[Neoconservatism]] hawk before becoming one of the most prominent Never Trump conservatives — arguing that the [[Republican Party]] under [[Donald Trump]] had abandoned both democratic norms and genuine conservatism. Frum's 2018 article "If Liberals Won't Enforce Borders, Fascists Will" typified his approach: warning that the center-right's failure to address legitimate concerns about [[Immigration]] would empower authoritarian movements. His work has focused on democratic erosion, the mechanics of one-party rule, and the ways [[Corruption]] and institutional capture threaten republican governance — placing him in an uncomfortable space between the left, which distrusts his Iraq War legacy, and the right, which views him as a traitor.