Is America like pre-war Germany? Another attempt on Donald Trump’s life has some worrying political violence is spiralling out of control. History shows this can be a dark path.
Second attempt to kill Trump foiled
Threat: The suspect (right) is in custody and Trump is safe and well after the terrifying incident at a golf club almost two months after a separate assassination attempt during a rally in Pennsylvania. Glossary
Assassination - The murder of an important person, such as a politician, royal or business leader.
Florida - A coastal state in the south-east of the US, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Though nicknamed "the sunshine state", it also experiences phenomenal rainstorms.
Secret Service - A government agency, intelligence agency, or the activities of a government agency, concerned with the gathering of intelligence data.
Weimar Republic - The government of Germany from 1918 to 1933.
Paramilitary - An unofficial group organised like a military force.
Nazis - A German political party of the twentieth century, led by Adolf Hitler. The Nazis controlled Germany from the early 1930s until the end of World War II.
Dwight Eisenhower - The Republican party president of the USA between 1953 and 1961.
Autocracy - A society ruled by a single person or group with absolute power.