Opinion: American Stares Into the Abyss After Trump Assassination Bid
In the hours, days and weeks to come America will surely hold its breath. The attempted assassination of former President Trump comes at a time when the country already felt bruised– if not broken–politically.
America is on a knife edge.
To all intents and purposes America’s two tribes were already at war. But a shot had not been fired. Until now. (No, we don't know the political motivations or the mental state of the would-be assassin, but attempting to kill a presidential candidate will do nothing to lower tensions.) Over the last few years the tenor of what passes for political debate and argument in the U.S. has reached new heights of ugliness and violence.