evidence: The attempted assassination of Donald Trump speaks to the amplified danger the US — and Australia — is facing [...] The attempted assassination of former US president Donald Trump has sent a chill through the Western democratic world and reminded us all just how dangerous and febrile political polarisation can be. [...] In the US, political figures from the Democratic Party denounced political violence. The attack on Trump represented one of the worst attacks on a presidential figure since the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1981.