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Another Attempt on Trump’s Life?

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

U.S. Secret Service officials say they thwarted a would-be assassin on Donald Trump’s golf course as the former president approached. Boeing machinists go on strike in Oregon and Washington. And Venezuela arrests three Americans in what Nicolas Maduro describes as a conspiracy to kill him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Monday, September 16th, another would-be assassin, and another gun intended for Donald Trump.

0:07.0

We start here.

0:10.0

The US Secret Service fends off what they say was an attacker on the former president's

0:15.9

golf course.

0:16.9

He was able to spot this rifle barrel sticking out of the fence.

0:19.9

So how close was this to turning tragic? We'll walk through what happened.

0:24.0

Boeing's plane makers go on strike.

0:27.1

There is no other union that builds or does what we do.

0:30.8

This stoppage might not be coming in for a landing anytime soon and is not just domestic

0:35.3

dissenters. Theniswala has begun arresting foreigners too. They accuse the Americans

0:40.4

of actually all being CIA agents. Nicholas Maduro's claims of conspiracy have now landed three Americans in jail.

0:49.6

From ABC News, this is start here. I'm Brad Milkie.

0:55.0

This campaign has had some of the biggest twists and turns in modern history.

1:02.0

There's also one thing for sure. It has raised

1:04.4

the most concerns about political violence in recent memory.

1:08.1

Earlier this summer, former President Donald Trump was shot at an outdoor rally in

1:16.7

Western Pennsylvania. Take a look what happened. From everything we've gathered about the shooter since he did not appear to consider himself a political activist but this was very much an assassination attempt such a close call in, that the US Secret Service asked the Trump campaign to

1:35.4

consider holding fewer outdoor events where an assault-style rifle can reach a target close

1:40.4

to half a mile away. His online chatter grew among domestic and foreign terror networks.

1:46.0

Law enforcement believed that this election season had already become incredibly susceptible to violence.

1:52.0

Trump in particular was considered a prime target

1:55.5

in need of even more protection than an average candidate.

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