The David Frum Show The Far-Right Algorithm: Anti-Churchill, Anti-West
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Mar 25, 2026 
Lord Andrew Roberts, British historian and author of a one-volume Churchill life, tackles why online revisionists recast Churchill as a villain. Short, sharp discussions probe algorithm-driven shock tactics, Holocaust denial echoes, misinformation about Dresden and Bengal, and modern podcasters’ misquotes. He also weighs MAGA splits over foreign policy and sketches unsettling alternate histories.
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Trump Prefers War At Home To National Leadership
- David Frum argues Donald Trump prefers domestic factional warfare to acting as a national wartime leader.
- Trump halted Iran strikes and framed Democrats as the enemy, prioritizing partisan fights over resolving strategic foreign-policy issues like Iran's nuclear program.
Online Revisionism Marries Churchill-Bashing And Antisemitism
- Andrew Roberts links modern online Nazi rehabilitation to attacks on Churchill and rising antisemitism.
- He says revisionists argue the West was wrong to oppose Hitler after Barbarossa and that anti-Semitism fuels these narratives.
Shock Value And The Algorithm Fuel Extremist Myths
- Roberts explains internet algorithms reward shocking, transgressive claims, helping neo-Nazi voices spread.
- Shock value plus appeals to macho authoritarianism produce overlap with pro-Putin, pro-Assad, and manosphere movements.
