Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at background briefing. I'm Ian Masters,

and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with the heated rhetoric coming from Trump and his MAGA influences following the assassination of the very successful right-wing activist Charlie Kirk

with calls for civil war, this is war in caps and fight or die.

We'll assess the probability that Trump will use Kirk's killing

to further his dictatorial takeover of the United States

and explore the possibility that an upsurge in right-wing violence

will follow if the assassin is a far-leftist

and in turn, left-wing violence will follow as a response to a fascist takeover

of America.

Joining us is Barbara Walter, the Royal Professor of International Affairs at the School of Public

Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, and one of the world's leading

experts on civil wars,

violent extremism, and domestic terror. The author of five books, her latest is The New York Times

bestseller, How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them. Then we'll examine whether we can trust

anything coming from Patel and Bongino's FBI since Trump's unhinged fanboy Patel has already

shown his amateurism by announcing the FBI had a suspect in custody after he had already fired

the highly respected FBI agent in charge of Utah. Joining us is Tom McIidas, a professor of history at DePaul University, where he teaches

courses in British, modern European and military history. His research and writing covers

international security, terrorism, international conflict, and military history. He has taught

counterterrorism courses at venues around the world as part of the U.S. Department

of Defense's Counterterrorism Fellowship Program and is the author of many books including

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