Ambassador Frank Lavin: Winning Elections – Reagan, Bush, Trump and Election 2020‪.‬ Diplomates – A Geopolitical Chinwag

Ambassador Frank Lavin has been a fixture in Republican politics for the last 40 years.
He worked for President Reagan as his head of politics, advised President George H.W. Bush and under President George W Bush, he was appointed US Ambassador to Singapore in 2001.

A prolific author for global publications, Frank had a second career in Asian finance and is now CEO and founder of ‘Export Now’.

A prominent ‘Never Trumper’, he has been a vocal critic of the Donald Trump Administration.

Misha Zelinsky caught up with Frank for a chinwag about Election 2020 and whether Trump can fight back and win, why elections are defined by what voters don’t want, what made Ronald Reagan the politician of his era, how politics has changed for the worse today, the future of the Republican Party, the secret to winning Presidential races and what the rise of an authoritarian China means for the US, Australia and the world.
It’s a wide ranging chat.
We want to say that Frank absolutely wins the award of best BBQ answer in the history of the show!
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