'Trump lost': Ex-Bush speechwriter shows how GOP 'has rebelled against him' in latest vote

"Trump deflates," writes former Bush speechwriter David Frum.

Frum, who previously assessed former president Trump was prone to stoking violence, writes for the Atlantic about how the U.S. House voted to approve something Trump has steadfastly stood against.

"Ukraine won. Trump lost," he wrote. "The House vote to aid Ukraine renews hope that Ukraine can still win its war. It also showed how and why Donald Trump should lose the 2024 election."

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Frum goes on to suggest Trump is used to getting his way within the GOP. But that appears to be changing with Ukraine, he noted.

"On aid to Ukraine, Trump got his way for 16 months. When Democrats held the majority in the House of Representatives in 2022, they approved four separate aid requests for Ukraine, totaling $74 billion. As soon as Trump’s party took control of the House, in January 2023, the aid stopped. Every Republican officeholder understood: Those who wished to show loyalty to Trump must side against Ukraine," he wrote in the piece published Saturday. "Three months later, Trump’s party in Congress has rebelled against him—and not on a personal payoff to some oddball Trump loyalist, but on one of Trump’s most cherished issues, his siding with Russia against Ukraine."

Frum suggests the "anti-Trump, pro-Ukraine rebellion" began in the Senate.

"Twenty-two Republicans joined Democrats to approve aid to Ukraine in February. Dissident House Republicans then threatened to force a vote if the Republican speaker would not schedule one. Speaker Mike Johnson declared himself in favor of Ukraine aid," he wrote. "This weekend, House Republicans split between pro-Ukraine and anti-Ukraine factions. On Friday, the House voted 316–94 in favor of the rule on the aid vote. On Saturday, the aid to Ukraine measure passed the House by 311–112. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate will adopt the House-approved aid measures unamended and speed them to President Biden for signature."

Trump still has strong GOP support, but "the cracks in unity are visible," according to the writer.

Read it here.