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Armed Man Arrested at Trump Golf Club in California

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Armed Man Arrested at Trump Golf Club in California
Above: Marine One helicopters land at the Founders Park Landing Zone near Trump National Golf Club, California, on Aug. 4. Image credit: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

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TheThis arrest of a heavily armed man at Trump's California golf course marks at least the 10th known threat against the president, and America still isn't angry enough about it. Political violence has become a diabolical rot that keeps targeting one man — and the pattern demands far more outrage than it's getting. Trump deserves full protection, and anyone monitoring security with body armor and illegal weapons is a would-be assassin, period.

Years of dehumanizing rhetoric from Trump — targeting minorities, journalists and political opponents — created a climate where violence festers on all sides. Inflammatory language from powerful leaders directly shapes thefollowers' behavior of followers, and that toxicity has real victims. The political violence crisis in America didn't appear from nowhere; it grew from the ground that hateful, divisive speech fertilized.


Metaculus Prediction

There's a 25% chance that the next assassination of a sitting U.S. president will occur after Jan. 1, 2100, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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