Tom Nichols: Attacking the President Attacks the Nation
An episode of the The Final Service podcast, hosted by Mateo Schimpf, titled "Tom Nichols: Attacking the President Attacks the Nation" was published on September 30, 2024 and runs 27 minutes.
September 30, 2024 ·27m · The Final Service
Episode Description
The recent assassination attempts on former president Donald Trump were surreal for many. It's been almost a half-century since a US president was shot, but attacks on a sitting president aren’t new – Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan survived assassination attempts. What’s different is that violence on elected officials used to be carried out by individuals with coherent political aims.
In a recent article for The Atlantic, Tom Nichols argues that Donald Trump hasn’t carried himself like Gerald Ford, and speaks with Ray Suarez about why Trump is trying to use these assassin...
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