The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump: Political implications, how the attack could have taken place, and the history of political violence in America

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

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4.3 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Today on the show, Fareed is joined by an expert panel to discuss the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer, New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos, and CNN presidential historian Timothy Naftali all join to talk about the political implications of the attack and growing global concerns surrounding the health of American democracy. Next, CNN’s Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller joins Fareed to discuss how the shooter was able to carry out his attack, despite the high levels of security present at the rally in Pennsylvania. Then, Joanne Freeman, professor of American history at Yale, sits down with Fareed to discuss how the assassination attempt against Donald Trump fits into the longer history of political violence in America. GUESTS: Ian Bremmer (@ianbremmer), Evan Osnos (@eosnos), Timothy Naftali (@TimNaftali), John Miller, Joanne Freeman(@jbf1755) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is on the Global Public Square.
0:04.0	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:07.0	I'm Fareed Zakaria coming to you live from New York.
0:11.0	Today's show of course is on the assassination attempt on
0:14.7	former President Donald Trump. We will bring you the latest from the
0:18.4	investigation. We'll talk about the political implications of the
0:21.7	shooting and we will dig into the sad history of
0:24.7	political violence in America.
0:27.4	For now let's get started with the key facts about what happened.
0:31.8	Shortly after 6 p.m. last evening at a rally in Butler,
0:35.4	Pennsylvania, Trump had been on the podium just a few moments when loud bangs
0:41.1	were heard coming from his right.
0:43.6	The former president ducked behind the lectern,
0:46.4	was swarmed by secret service,
0:48.6	and when he reappeared, was bleeding from his ear.
0:52.4	The shooter was believed to have been stationed on a roof outside the rally's security
0:57.3	perimeter.
0:58.6	He was shot dead by the Secret Service.
1:01.3	The assailant was 20 years old. What we know of his politics are these facts. He was a
1:06.2	registered Republican who had made a $15 donation to a Democratic political action committee.
1:13.0	There are many aspects about this that I want to talk about with today's panel.
1:17.0	With me here at the set are Tim Neftale and Ian Bremer.
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