America has been living in a state of division and polarization for a long time, especially recently, and has brought the country to the brink of the abyss, until the failed assassination attempt on Trump last Saturday, which created a new challenge for American society, standing on the edge of the fire.
Last Saturday, the United States was closer to a political catastrophe with dire consequences, but fate chose another fate, and moved Trump's head at the decisive moment, to continue his life, in a survival that was almost impossible, pushing Americans a hair's breadth away from no return.
Trump assassination attempt
The New York Times says in an analysis that highlights the dangerous consequences of the attempt on American society and its future, that it came at a time when the United States has already become culturally and ideologically polarized, and is often divided into two realities.
The assassination attempt on Trump is the latest in a series of political assassinations in the United States, but it carries greater risks. When compared to the assassination attempt on former US President Ronald Reagan by a stray person seeking attention in 1981, America and its people united behind their wounded leader. The Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Thomas P. O’Neill Jr., walked with tears in his eyes to the Republican president’s hospital room, held his hands, kissed his head and knelt down to pray for him.
A state of anger
But from the point of view of writer Peter Baker, the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump seems more likely to tear America apart than unite it. Within minutes of the shooting, the atmosphere was filled with anger, bitterness, suspicion and mutual accusations. Fingers were pointed, conspiracy theories were advanced, and a country already teeming with hostility was further divided.
The fact that the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania on Saturday night came just two days before the Republican Party began its national convention and officially declared Trump its presidential candidate always put the event in a partisan context, Baker adds. While Democrats were complaining about the political violence they had long criticized Trump for encouraging, Republicans immediately blamed President Biden and his allies for orchestrating the assassination, saying it stemmed from inflammatory language describing the former president as a fascist who would destroy democracy.