Is political violence getting worse? The shooting of Donald Trump has left the USA teetering on the brink. A speech on Thursday could decide whether it descends into civil war.
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Emotional: Cheering crowds at the Republican National Convention chanted ‘fight, fight, fight’ as the former president returned to the political stage with a bandage on his ear, after dodging an assassin’s bullet by millimetres. Glossary
Adolf Hitler - A dictator, and the leader of Nazi Germany during World War Two.
Communist - An economic system entailing collective ownership of all means of production in contrast with capitalism, which holds that industry and businesses are controlled and run for profit by private owners rather than by the government.
Conspiracy - A secret plan to do something unlawful or harmful.
Weimar Germany - The government of Germany from 1918 to 1933.
Civil war - A war between people from the same country.
Martin Luther King - The civil rights leader was shot dead in Tennessee in 1968.
Begets - A verb meaning to cause or bring about.
Powder keg - A barrel of gunpowder. Often used to describe a situation which could become very dangerous.