Ep. 350 — The Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump | Fireside Chat

hello everybody I'm Dennis Prager with fireside chat number very high 350 thank you 350 oh that's a milestone wow wouldn't you know it on the 350th truly dramatic event has taken place in the United States of America and reverberated internationally but first I just want to remind you that everything we do at prageru is free and that obviously includes the Fireside chat and you can directly support the Fireside chat's availability to the world and world is really accurate we have questions today from what India Iran Israel Israel Mexico Mexico and even parts of America so I would ask you to consider joining Prager United and it's also terrific for you because you get a whole slew of benefits when you do so so go to Prager united.com and see what you would like to do if anything and I appreciate it supporting good stuff is a big deal in life okay so guess what I'm going to be talking about in my opening comments normally you can't guess because there very rarely tied directly to the news or something happening but in this case where we have just witnessed the attempted assassination of a former president and presidential candidate nominee for the office that's uh that's a rather important subject so my take on issues is always as you know the broad picture and a philosophic one and there are obvious political elements but I want to deal with a few of the larger elements to begin with and I'll begin with something especially dedicated to those of you who Are Young by Young I mean you know let's say under under 25 or under even perhaps 30 both as regards the United States and virtually every country in the world this was not the first assassination or in this case attempted assassination uh of an American leader Abraham linkoln the greatest president alongside George Washington was assassinated James Garfield another president was assassinated and it wasn't even a political issue then it was a a uh a strange guy who was angry at the president than James Garfield who was a wonderful man by the way for not getting him a job in the government I mean it's it's beyond belief and the poor president lingered on because doctors in those days basically did harm they did they did more harm than good you were very lucky if no doctor attended you they tried to get the bullet out and they would stick their Dirty Fingers into his body where the holes were uh which of course created an infection but they never heard of infection they didn't even know about germs and so the poor president who might have actually survived if doctors had not infected him lingered in pain and finally died but that that was one and then James what was McKinley's first name William McKinley President William McKinley was assassinated then Teddy Roosevelt became a president as a result of that and John F Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 and Martin Luther King was assassinated and Bobby Kennedy Jack John Kennedy's younger brother who was running for president for the nomination of the democratic party and probably would have gotten it I mean so what is my point my point is you need to understand and very few young people do indeed very few people not just young very few people do period when you grow up in a country like the United States where things for most people are relatively remarkably good financially Freedom wise opportunity wise this is why so many in the world have wanted to move to the United States you start taking it for granted and then you're shocked when evil takes place all right I want to remind you that the rest of this fireside chat is at prageru.com prageru is where we do it because we don't trust big Tech we assume that one day they could just pull the plug and then you will be lost without us or we and we will be lost without you so we'd ask you to actually start watching the fireside chat directly at prageru it's the easiest for you and the easiest way to do that is to get the prageru app in any event the rest of this fireside chat is at prageru.com see you there