Susan Kokinda links
Saturday's third Trump assassination attempt at the Washington Hilton to
King Charles' Washington visit and a new House of Lords report —
arguing the British imperial system fears Trump's American System
revival the way it feared McKinley.
Susan Kokinda
Susan
Kokinda links a third assassination attempt on Donald Trump at the
Washington Hilton—where a 31-year-old Californian, Cole Tomas Allen,
charged a Secret Service checkpoint with firearms and knives—to a
broader political struggle she frames as the British imperial system
versus Trump's "American System." She argues Trump's own remarks about
assassinations point to a pattern of targeting "impactful" leaders,
comparing today's climate to anarchist-era killings around 1900 and the
1901 assassination of William McKinley. Kokinda ties the attack's timing
to King Charles' Washington visit, a new book, The Queen and Her
Presidents, and a House of Lords/Chatham House report on "rebalancing"
the UK–US partnership, highlighting UK dependence on the postwar
"rules-based order" and concerns about a lasting US shift under Trump.
00:00 The Monday Brief - BRITAIN'S LAST PLAY: The Hidden Hand Behind Trump's Third Assassination Attempt - April 27, 2026
02:42 The Third Attempt
06:42 The Hidden Hand
10:35 The Lords Confess