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A third attempt on Trump’s life?

4/27/202636 min

On Saturday night, as U.S. President Donald Trump sat on a dais in front of a room full of journalists, gunshots were heard inside the building. An armed man was taken down by Secret Service members, and the President was evacuated, unharmed. 

Paul Hunter was there, and describes what happened in that room, and what to make of what may be the third attempt on Trump’s life. Paul is CBC's senior Washington correspondent and co-host of the podcast Two Blocks from the White House.

Find Two Blocks from the White House here.

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Clips

Realizing It Was Gunfire
Not Supposed To Happen Here
Fear Of What Comes Next
The Show Must Go On?
False Flags At Warp Speed
War Zones Versus Washington
Locked Down And Shaking
Ballroom Becomes Political
Most Secure Room, Yet

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Jamie Poisson· Host0:23

    Hi, everyone. I'm Jamie Poisson. On Saturday night, as US President Donald Trump sat on a dais in front of a room full of journalists, [gunshots] the muffled sounds of gunshots. Our colleague, Paul Hunter, was in the room. He is the CBC's senior Washington correspondent and co-host of the podcast, Two Blocks from The White House. [music] He joins me today to describe what happened and the aftermath of a potential third assassination attempt of US President Donald Trump. Paul, thank you so much for being here. I'm glad you're safe and that everybody at the, at the dinner on Saturday night is safe.

  3. Paul Hunter· Guest1:08

    Hey, Jamie. Happy to be here. Thank you.

  4. Jamie Poisson· Host1:11

    I, I'm gonna timestamp this conversation. We're talking on Sunday afternoon. You were, of course, as we've said, at the White House Correspondence Dinner last night. This is a pretty iconic event, a gathering of the White House press corps, various celebrities and, and last night, members of the Trump administration,

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