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Ian Bremmer on Trump second assassination attempt

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: A quick take to kick off your week. Want to talk about an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, the second in two months. And frankly, it's probably not even going to be a few days in the news cycle, which is insane when you think about it. It's not unprecedented. Gerald Ford actually survived two assassination attempts within 17 days. But the political environment today, much more dangerous in the sense that we're in an election, it is incredibly divided, and it is much more divided in terms of understanding of basic facts and perception of legitimacy of election and outcome. So the idea that the former president has survived now two assassination attempts, and who knows what's going to happen over the remaining two months, is something we should be more concerned about than we presently are.
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