On today’s special episode, Matt is joined again by Jacob Ware, a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations focusing on domestic and international terrorism. Jacob helps make sense of last weekend’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, placing it in the larger context of political violence in the United States and the ongoing threat to the presidential election.

Read Jacob’s coverage of the Trump assassination attempt and preventing violence in the 2024 election:

https://www.cfr.org/expert-brief/trump-assassination-attempt-poses-new-test-us-democracy

https://time.com/6998930/the-trump-assassination-attempt-represents-a-dark-new-chapter-in-american-politics/

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2024-07-15/trump-assassination-attempt-poses-new-test-for-u-s-democracy

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4411720-assassination-attempts-are-on-the-rise-worldwide-is-the-us-next/

https://www.cfr.org/report/preventing-us-election-violence-2024

Follow Jacob on social media:

https://x.com/Jacob_A_Ware

Support Secrets and Spies:

Become a “Friend of the podcast”  on Patreon for £3 www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies

Buy merchandise from our shop: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/60934996?asc=u

Subscribe to our Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVB23lrHr3KFeXq4VU36dg

For more information about the podcast, check out our website: https://secretsandspiespodcast.com/

Connect with us on social media.

BLUE SKY https://bsky.app/profile/secretsandspies.bsky.social
TWITTER twitter.com/SecretsAndSpies
FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/secretsandspies
INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/secretsandspies/
SPOUTIBLE https://spoutible.com/SecretsAndSpies

Secrets & Spies is produced by Films & Podcasts LTD.