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15 Jul 2024

How will Biden pull together an increasingly divided America?

International Editor

America is no stranger to political violence. While Saturday’s assassination attempt was the first on a current or former President for more than 40 years, there have been attacks on politicians of all stripes recently, not least the storming of the US Capitol in 2021.

America’s divisions are now deeply entrenched, its people divided and distrustful, and calls for unity are being ignored.  In their place – speculation, conspiracy theories and anger.