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Today in Focus

Has the attempt to kill Trump handed him the election?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

As Republicans meet at their national convention this week, has the shooting of the former president altered the course of US politics? David Smith reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:09.0

Today, how a shocking assassination attempt on Donald Trump will transform the presidential

0:15.7

race and how it won't. Hey investee bestie it's Sim here and Gosean Best is currently being

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0:59.4

Sert Southeastern K careers to apply now. It's been about three days since a gunman opened fire on former President Donald Trump at a

1:17.8

rally in Pennsylvania.

1:19.1

If you want to really see something that said, take a look what happened. We're still trying to learn more about the man who did this, why he did it, and how it was even able to happen.

1:40.0

It would be really nice if just for a moment politics could be paused and the country and the whole world could just catch its breath.

1:49.0

But Trump is already in the city of Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention,

1:55.0

the four-day televised extravaganza,

1:58.0

where he officially becomes his party's nominee for president.

2:02.0

David Smith, the Guardian's Washington Bureau Chief, is there.

2:07.0

We had a wonder around yesterday, and the MAGA vendors are setting up with lots of Trump t-shirts, patriotic guitars and other paraphernalia.

2:18.6

And then slightly bizarrely, there's an exhibit where you can sit in a mock-up of the Oval Office and there's a display on

2:25.4

presidential shoes over the years including Donald Trump's shoe or a replica of

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