Will the second Trump assassination attempt change the US election?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
It's the second attempt on Donald Trump's life in just two months, once again calling into to question the security services and the state of gun violence in America. But will this change the course of the US elections?
And, why did JD Vance just admit to making up the story about immigrants eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.4 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:14.7 | 615, and if you didn't know, it has happened again. |
| 0:18.1 | The US Secret Service says there was another attempt to assassinate |
| 0:22.0 | former President Donald Trump. |
| 0:23.4 | This is a Fox News alert. Former President Trump is safe after gunshots reported while he |
| 0:29.0 | was golfing at his club in West Palm Beach. |
| 0:32.2 | We begin with breaking news tonight. Former President Donald Trump is safe and well after what the FBI is calling |
| 0:39.7 | an apparent second attempted assassination. The U.S. Secret Service says that the shooting incident |
| 0:46.0 | happened shortly before 1 PMR time at his golf club in West Palm Beach. Officials say the |
| 0:51.8 | gunman was targeting the former president while he was golfing. |
| 0:55.6 | We are all totally used to the idea of guns and violence in the United States of America. |
| 1:03.7 | But now we have had two assassination attempts in two months on the life of Donald Trump. It raises questions about security in America. |
| 1:16.0 | It raises questions about democracy and openness, but it also raises questions about the |
| 1:22.6 | presidential election race and whether this latest attempt on the Republican candidate's life will make any |
| 1:31.0 | difference. Welcome to the newsagents. The news agents. It's John. And it's Emily in New York, |
| 1:41.4 | where I am looking out of my bedroom window at air conditioning units. |
| 1:45.8 | Nothing changes in the city. |
| 1:47.6 | Yeah, well, you go to the United States of America. |
| 1:52.1 | And what happens within hours of you getting there? |
| 1:55.3 | There's another assassination attempt on Donald Trump. |
| 1:58.5 | And you think, surely not. |
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