Ambition and Turmoil: The Assassination Attempt

A suspect was charged on Monday in connection with what appears to be a second assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump.

Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Glenn Thrush, who have been covering the case, and Peter Baker, The Times’s chief White House correspondent, discuss the suspect’s background, the Secret Service’s struggle to protect the former president, and this new era of political violence.

Guests: 

• Thomas Gibbons-Neff, a correspondent on the National desk of The New York Times.
• Glenn Thrush, who reports on the Justice Department for The New York Times.
• Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• What we know about the latest apparent assassination attempt.
• The case is another sign of how much the American political landscape has been shaped by anger stirred by Mr. Trump and against him.

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