Two earlier assassination attempts shadow Trump shooting
Politics tamfitronics You’re reading an excerpt from the WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest freeincluding news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.It’s an image you’ve already seen: former president Donald Trump on a panicked outdoor stage in Pennsylvania, surrounded by Secret Service agents, blood streaming from the corner of his ear across his cheek. He seems shaken but defiant, a clenched fist in the air as he’s hurried away.Trump survived an apparent assassination attempt Saturday that saw the suspected shooter shot dead, one rally attendee killed and two others critically injured. The shooter has been identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20. At the time of writing, there was no official indication of his personal motives. His assault...
