Trump assassination attempt: ‘Not new phenomenon’ in US political history, lecturer says
Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally Saturday, in a chaotic and shocking incident set to supercharge political tensions ahead of the polarising US presidential election. Trump’s shooting however is “not a new phenomenon”, said Richard Johnson, Lecturer in US Politics, Queen Mary University of London, pointing to the US’ long history of assassinations on presidential and presidential candidates.
Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally Saturday, in a chaotic and shocking incident set to supercharge political tensions ahead of the polarising US presidential election. Trump’s shooting however is “not a new phenomenon”, said Richard Johnson, Lecturer in US Politics, Queen Mary University of London, pointing to the US’ long history of assassinations on presidential and presidential candidates.
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