Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

Piento Ferries, there is another way.

This is The Friends of History Debating Society.

I'm John Bachelor, and I welcome Charlie Pellegrino, my colleague.

His most recent book is The Write-Off, a story of Rome, but right now we're going to talk about the story of the 21st century.

The assassination attempt at Butler, Pennsylvania against the former president of the United

States by a young man named Crooks. Charlie, you've written me about the luck of Mr. Trump or the strange ways bullets shape history. What can you say now about the shot 400 feet, 6 to 8 rounds according to

CBS were fired by the shooter who bought 50 rounds of ammunition the day of the shooting.

One round in particular is featured in all the photographs.

Looks like you can see a bullet going past Mr. Trump's head.

What can you tell us about the shot that hit his ear?

Good evening, Charlie.

Yeah, that is just against all the probability curves.

The photograph shows a different refraction

in the air from the shockwave of the bullet

passing through the air right after it passed through the soft tissue

of President Trump's ear. And people talk about, oh, a couple of centimeters more this way.

It's actually a fraction of a centimeter that made all the difference.

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