Attempt On Trump?
Talk Breakfast
Ricky Freelove
4.3 • 763 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Mark Dolan unpacks the latest in Washington, Donald Trump was rushed to safety after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. A suspect is in custody, security scrutiny has intensified, and Buckingham Palace is reviewing implications for the King's US visit. At home, benefit claimants are being offered discounts on leisure services, fuelling arguments over fairness, priorities and public spending. Critics say taxpayer-backed concessions should cover essentials, while supporters argue affordable amenities help poorer households stay connected locally.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to Talk Breakfast if you're just joining us. |
| 0:10.1 | A suspected gunman who apparently planned to target Donald Trump has been charged after gunshots rang out. |
| 0:17.5 | At a dinner, the US president was attending in Washington. |
| 0:21.3 | With me in the studio for reaction is broadcaster, political consultant and talk star Charlie Rooney. |
| 0:28.9 | Charlie, great presenting here on this channel. |
| 0:31.0 | Thank you very much. Thank you. That's very kind. |
| 0:32.9 | You've done a great job. |
| 0:34.1 | Third time lucky. |
| 0:36.6 | It is good news for American democracy that nothing happened to |
| 0:39.8 | Donald Trump tonight. No, absolutely. And the CCTV footage that's been released of the gunman |
| 0:45.6 | running through the corridor, it seems before he was taken down by the security services, |
| 0:51.8 | he was quick, but not quick enough. Yeah. Which is obviously a great thing, |
| 0:55.5 | as you say, because there's only one conclusion that we can draw from the motivations behind |
| 1:00.1 | that individual is that he wanted to enter the ballroom where the event was taking place. And |
| 1:04.7 | he wasn't able to do so. And that's only because of the quick reactions of the secret |
| 1:08.5 | intelligence services and the enforcement services that were there. |
| 1:12.5 | And it's of critical importance in any democracy that our leaders are safe. |
| 1:16.9 | Absolutely. And the irony is that this whole dinner that is taking place is about, |
| 1:22.7 | it's the correspondence ball, so it's about bringing all the journalists together, |
| 1:26.0 | it's about bringing left and right together, |
| 1:28.3 | whether it's Fox News or whether it's, you know, CNN. |
| 1:31.3 | And it's about free speech. |
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