Can America come together after the Trump assassination attempt? | Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In this urgent conversation, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer joins TED’s Helen Walters to discuss the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and its profound implications for American politics and democracy. Listen for the latest on the shooting’s political ramifications, the heightened polarization and disinformation in the US electoral cycle and answers to broader questions about leadership and unity in a divided nation.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:14.8	Ted Talks Daily listeners. I'm Ted's head of media and curation Helen Walters and today we're bringing you a special episode of Ted explains the world with Ian Bremer, an
0:19.4	irregular series in which we explore the deeper meaning of current events with President of
0:23.8	Eurasia Group and G0 media in Bremer. In this episode we discussed the recent
0:29.1	assassination attempt of former President Trump and what it means for American democracy and the world.
0:35.0	The conversation was recorded on July the 14th, 2024.
0:39.0	You can hear it after a quick break.
0:43.4	Former US President Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania
0:48.0	in what FBI officials are investigating as an assassination attempt.
0:52.0	Obviously the hot takes are flying flying but we wanted to talk to
0:54.4	Ian Bremer about the bigger picture of the state of American politics and democracy. As we all know,
1:00.0	the US election is coming up in November, so how pivotal the moment is this and what do we need to both do and watch for in our capacity as invested humans wherever we are.
1:09.7	Ian thank you so much for joining us.
1:11.7	Helen it is great to be with you.
1:14.4	So let's get right to it.
1:15.6	How significant a moment is this,
1:17.5	and what should we be paying attention to right now?
1:20.5	Well, maybe for a second, let's recognize that it was this close to changing the course of history.
1:29.0	Former President Trump could easily have been assassinated and it's a staggering
1:35.2	failure of the Secret Service that is you know on scene given that the the
1:41.0	incredible amounts of security that are around a president, a former president.
1:47.0	This is a big rally.
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