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Why Assassinations Shaped the 1960s and Haunt Us Again

Why Assassinations Shaped the 1960s and Haunt Us Again

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Geoffrey Kabaservice on political violence and assassinations in the 1960s. Plus: Is Trump making a massive political miscalculation?

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On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum
argues that President Donald Trump is making a miscalculation in
his second term. Instead of consolidating power before plundering
the state, Trump has reversed the sequence, imposing massive
tariffs that raise prices on ordinary Americans, flaunting foreign
wealth, and enriching his inner circle at public expense. Frum
speculates that by impoverishing the public before securing
control, Trump is exposing himself to serious political risks and
that Americans must resist the temptation to be passive, hopeless
spectators. Then Frum speaks with the historian Geoffrey
Kabaservice about political violence, the assassinations and
upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, and what those episodes teach us
about the threats facing America today. They revisit the murders
that reshaped the era, consider how violence changed the course of
politics, and draw out the parallels and differences between then
and now: from polarization to technology to the shifting role of
institutions. Finally, Frum closes with a book talk on Emily
Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, reflecting on its enduring power and
dark insights into human nature. Get more from your favorite
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