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The American Mind

Shots Fired, Bullets Dodged

The American Mind

Amanda Callanan

Philosophy, Declarationofindependence, Founding, Politics, Conservative, Limitedgovernment, Society & Culture, News, Constitution, Claremontinstitute

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump was nearly assassinated last weekend, but for the few degrees of rotation that brought his head out of the bullet’s trajectory at the last possible second. The events surrounding the attempted assassination raise questions about everything from media integrity, to secret service incompetence, to… epistemology? But one thing is certain: Trump has become a world-historic figure. In the days following the attempt on his life, he has named JD Vance his VP pick, and the RNC is well underway. The editors take a holistic look at these developments and what we might expect in our political future before reminding you to read the damn site.

Recommended reading:

The Shot Heard ‘Round the World

No Going Back

No Rotten Miracles

Transcript

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coming up on this episode of the roundtable.

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He looks like he doesn't have any, a man who has nothing left to prove to himself.

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You know, when he walks into that RNC room,

0:11.0

just with this, I don't know, I'm the last person who would expect myself to be talking this way, but with this kind of serenity about him.

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I mean, like, I was kidding sort of about God endorsing Donald Trump with this moment but if you

0:30.0

believe as I do that God intervenes in history and not just sculpt the world but also personally takes a hand in it, it's almost impossible. Whatever you want to, whatever intentions you want to attribute

0:46.0

to God or whether you want to leave that unknown, it is impossible to look at that video and not just

0:51.8

think there's like you're watching divine

0:56.4

intervention in real time. So, Hello and welcome once again to the Roundtable your weekly publishers and

1:26.7

editors podcast here at the American Mind. I'm your host for the week Spencer

1:32.3

Clavin Associate editor of the Claremont Review of

1:36.5

Books and Super Special Sparkle Bus Editor of the American Mind. I am joined this week by managing editor Seth Barron and publisher

1:47.7

and President Ryan Williams. Well, it's the week of the Republican National Convention, which means there have been a whole

1:56.2

bunch of high-profile endorsements rolling in for Donald Trump, a presumptive nominee.

2:03.1

We've had former primary opponents

2:05.3

like Nicky Haley and Ron Desantis.

2:08.5

We've heard from some unlikely celebrities

2:10.8

such as the former stripper and video-vixen Amber Rose, but perhaps the most

2:16.7

surprising endorsement came from another source altogether, the Lord God,

2:21.7

Almighty, best known to many for his work as Creator of the universe and his

2:27.8

controversial decision to become incarnate in his son Jesus Christ and die for the sins of all mankind upon the cross has made his voting preferences

2:36.4

known on Saturday by personally reaching out his hand from on high and

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