The Third Attempt on Donald Trump’s Life

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Michael Warren to discuss the third attempt to assassinate Donald Trump and why the national mood is so bad in the 2020s.The Agenda:—The third assassination attempt—Trump’s ballroom—History of political violence—Why everyone leaves Congress—The national bad mood—NWYT: Iran war’s effect on supply chainsDispatch recommendations:—The Price of Crossing Crypto Could Be Higher in 2026—Shades of Color in Philipsburg—The Enduring Lessons of Fusionism—I Am a Free-Range Parent. I Probably Won’t Be When I Move to America.Show notes:—The shooter’s manifesto—White House correspondents’ dinner guests taking wine bottles—Erick Erickson: “This is not a both-sides issue.”—Capitol police threat assessment—Gallup poll on national mood—David French on “America’s Violent Heart” The Dispatch Podcast is a production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dispatch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠by clicking here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch podcast. I'm Steve Hayes. On today's roundtable, we'll discuss the third
0:13.0	assassination attempt against Donald Trump, this one at the White House Correspondence Dinner in
0:17.8	Washington, D.C., and we'll get into the rise of political violence.
0:22.8	We'll also discuss Derek Thompson's essay on the quote-unquote tragic 20s and the national
0:28.1	bad mood since the pandemic. And finally, not worth your time, one unexpected global industry
0:35.0	that's in the news for product shortages related to the Iran war.
0:39.1	I'm joined today by my dispatch colleagues Jonah Goldberg, Kevin Williamson, and Mike Warren.
0:44.5	Let's dive right in.
1:00.2	Let's dive right in. Welcome, gentlemen.
1:08.0	There was a shooting over the weekend at the White House Correspondence dinner in Washington, D.C.
1:11.2	And I think there's a lot to say about it.
1:14.0	So we're going to discuss that today.
1:16.2	Mike Warren, let me start with you.
1:22.6	Can you give us sort of a big picture overview of what happened and what we know about the shooter and his motives?
1:27.9	So the sort of moment-by-moment story seems to have been that at the White House Correspondents Association's annual dinner, which was held at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., in this ballroom that's at the sort of in the basement of this big giant hotel.
1:45.5	People may remember it as the hotel where Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981, outside the hotel.
1:53.1	So this was happening inside the hotel.
1:55.0	It's the big dinner with all of the members of the press.
1:58.6	And traditionally the president shows up.
2:00.6	President Trump has not shown up at
2:02.9	this dinner. I don't even know if he showed up in the first term at all now. I can't remember.
2:07.1	It was his first time as president. It was his first time as president. He famously was at one in
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