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00:00One year after coming centimetres from death in Pennsylvania,
00:04the American president has surrounded himself with memorabilia of the assassination attempt.
00:10On the left, as you enter the White House, a painting.
00:13On the right, as you face his Oval Office desk, a bronze sculpture.
00:17Choosing to commemorate one of the most shocking moments of 21st century political history,
00:23close staff and friends say it's because Trump truly believes he was saved by God to save the country.
00:30Last week, I took a bullet for democracy.
00:33Trump has proved adept at extracting political capital from the event right from the moment it happened.
00:44Interviewed by his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on Fox News, the president reflected on the security lapse.
00:51You know, I have great confidence in these people. I know the people.
00:54They're very talented, very capable. They had a bad day and I think they'll admit that.
00:59And at the end of a rough day, this is a very dangerous job being president.
01:05The Secret Service has released a statement saying six staff were sanctioned because of operational failures, with reforms ongoing.
01:13Luther King Jr. was killed.
01:15Even in a country with a long history of assassinations, this presidency is afforded a particularly high level of protection amid a climate of increasing political violence.
01:25The climate experts blame on polarizing rhetoric that Trump himself has normalized.
01:30Whenever we see political violence rise in the United States or internationally, it's almost always linked to politicians normalizing violence within their rhetoric.
01:41And then as more and more regular people start normalizing violence, you get a further increase.
01:46And that's precisely what we're seeing in the United States.
01:49Trump himself has escaped four known attempts on his life.
01:54But others weren't so lucky.
01:56One month ago, four politicians in Minnesota were shot, with state lawmaker Melissa Hortman losing her life.
02:02Jeff Rose lies out.
02:18He wants us to protect him on his death's death.
02:21He wants us to protect his death.
02:23If you see a row of his death, the rest of his death doesn't have any threateningBTS.

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