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The Loneliness of Donald Trump

I really think it’s very dangerous for the country.” The Republican argument is simple. The... All have condemned such violence when it has taken place. And you would be hard-pressed to find...

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Jamelle Bouie

The Loneliness of Donald Trump

April 29, 2026,

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On Saturday night, a gunman made an attempt on President Trump’s life.

This was the third such attempt in roughly two years. The first was in 2024 during a rally in Butler, Pa., where the president — then still a candidate — sustained some injuries. The next attempt took place the same year, this time at his Mar-a-Lago resort, where the would-be assassin was stopped before he could get close. And then we have this most recent incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington.

To add to the catalog of recent political violence, there was the assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband last summer, as well as the killing of Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk at an event in Utah later that year.

Predictably, in the wake of Saturday’s attempt on Trump’s life, the president’s allies immediately jumped to blame his political opponents for the incident.

“The deranged lies and smears against the president, his family, his supporters have led crazy people to believe crazy things, and they are inspired to commit violence because of those words,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said on Monday.

Trump added his two cents as well in an interview with CBS News: “I do think that the hate speech of the Democrats much more so is very dangerous. I really think it’s very dangerous for the country.”

The Republican argument is simple. The more Democrats criticize Trump — the more they condemn him as a malign force in American politics — the more they put his life in danger.

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