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Can America Come Together after the Trump Assassination Attempt? | Ian Bremmer | TED

In this urgent conversation, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer joins TED’s Helen Walters to discuss the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and its profound implications for American politics and democracy. Listen for the latest on the shooting’s political ramifications, the heightened polarization and disinformation in the US…

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In this urgent conversation, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media Ian Bremmer joins TED’s Helen Walters to discuss the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and its profound implications for American politics and democracy. Listen for the latest on the shooting’s political ramifications, the heightened polarization and disinformation in the US electoral cycle and answers to broader questions about leadership and unity in a divided nation.

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63 Comments

  1. @Libertarian_Neighbor

    July 15, 2024 at 4:08 pm

    Can America come together? Sure. Easy. You only have to decide to come together.

    Don’t listen to people on the internet who tell you otherwise!

  2. @trails3597

    July 15, 2024 at 4:37 pm

    Elon has a pro business views, sort of Ayn Rand style and in the Republican vein. He is also trying to make X profitable. One way is to promote engagement with inflammatory politics. He may be hoping Trump will now show leadership instead of partisan rhetoric. Although Trump has been testing policies lately.

  3. @jefffadigan6501

    July 15, 2024 at 4:37 pm

    No

  4. @Bbenkosky

    July 15, 2024 at 4:37 pm

    No. social media in its currnt format… not possible for us to come together in fact I think it’s being used to inflame the divide. Destined to get much worse, none save billionaires could stop it. Yet, they have a vested interest in continuing the divide. We have no chance.😢😢

  5. @hungryghost3260

    July 15, 2024 at 4:40 pm

    Is Ian Bremmer in any way an expert on U.S. politics? Is this a false appeal to the wrong-but-talkative experts?

  6. @joejarvis2497

    July 15, 2024 at 4:43 pm

    At the time of this comment 8300 views and 406 likes. It’s just more of nothing. Move along.

  7. @radudeATL

    July 15, 2024 at 4:57 pm

    Welp, he nailed the JD Vance prediction.

  8. @hwizell7478

    July 15, 2024 at 4:58 pm

    Information forms
    A tension with false alarms
    Produced divisions

  9. @28th_St_Air

    July 15, 2024 at 5:14 pm

    You have no idea what Trump knew as he stood up and raised his fist. Every single Secret Service agent was wired and could hear what was being communicated at the time. They wouldn’t have let him up at all if bullets were still flying and the snipers had returned fire by the time they let him up. If you want to go with your opinion that he was being defiant of his security detail, then you also have to acknowledge that he was being a complete idiot for standing up in the middle of a gunfight and he has the common sense of a squirrel.

  10. @zayinel

    July 15, 2024 at 5:19 pm

    Such a good talk. Ty!

  11. @adriantween584

    July 15, 2024 at 5:48 pm

    I feel this interviewee is getting Trump’s message wrong. I think that this politician has self-aggrandizing behavior and it’s not a huge moral win. I think Trump pumping his fist in the air feels like he’s cashing in on this incident. I wish we could have 2 different candidates smh.

  12. @junxu973

    July 15, 2024 at 6:20 pm

    Elon musk is a typical opportunist and a pure businessman

  13. @eagleeagle2999

    July 15, 2024 at 6:21 pm

    Biased and Silly

  14. @bonanderson9398

    July 15, 2024 at 6:24 pm

    21:24 [The majority of those promoting political information: their analysis is not distinguishable from personal ideology. It becomes useless as analysis.]

  15. @Luis-0101

    July 15, 2024 at 6:44 pm

    You know it’s real when your feet leave your shoes.

  16. @bradsillasen1972

    July 15, 2024 at 6:52 pm

    Who deleted my comment? WTF?

  17. @justbeachee

    July 15, 2024 at 6:55 pm

    The Only ppl (acting) surprised are those in the media. Went to work today…. Not 1 person cared. Not 1 person surprised. NO ONE CARES ABOUT THAT BS. The US is so oversaturated with crazy, violent bs that no one bothers watching, listening or Caring.
    The “media” NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THEIR BUBBLE!

  18. @aurisnow

    July 15, 2024 at 7:00 pm

    Not sure if in your expertise you have heard of RFK Jr?? Why totally ignore him????

  19. @justbeachee

    July 15, 2024 at 7:01 pm

    How to Understand it? REALLY? Unless you’ve had your head in … the sand for Years! Yawn

  20. @zionen01

    July 15, 2024 at 7:45 pm

    Has this point been reached by foreign powers hacking into American populace.. has America been under attack for a while without noticing it?

  21. @John-jh9ud

    July 15, 2024 at 8:27 pm

    He runs for President and now EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED to him. Nuff said. This Circus shoW isn’t just Trump’s “beliefs” ¿¿¿ Stop treating Americans as though they are BRAIN DEAD ???

  22. @n06320

    July 15, 2024 at 8:44 pm

    Ian, can you run for the Presidential election?😅

  23. @ttacking_you

    July 15, 2024 at 8:53 pm

    23:44 up until this point, after he said “the problem isn’t TOO much capitalism…” I thought he was going to talk about how corporations THEMSELVES are anathema to the free market ?

  24. @samthuo7350

    July 15, 2024 at 8:57 pm

    If biden stays as nominee Democrats loose. But if he drops and creates a little excitement in the media, they still have a chance of winning. I don’t think Democrats are ready to switch their votes but you need something to excite progressive base to vote blue.

  25. @videoreborn

    July 15, 2024 at 9:20 pm

    How come no one talks about the gun laws? 😂

  26. @ZenMountain

    July 16, 2024 at 2:58 am

    Sunak and Starmer “…believe public service is about the public and its service.” You have to be kidding me man. Seriously, you really have no limits…

  27. @P13r6

    July 16, 2024 at 3:17 am

    I agree with him 100%. It’s depressing how the US is turning into Hungary or Turkey

  28. @MidnightRambler

    July 16, 2024 at 3:54 am

    Maybe stop calling him a fascist 24/7. Might help

  29. @chelseashurmantine8153

    July 16, 2024 at 4:46 am

    Foo it did change the course of history!

  30. @joshuamitchell5018

    July 16, 2024 at 5:10 am

    The left and right at this point are parallel, and mutually hostile civilizations activly seeking to smother out the other. They preside over different regions, have different national mythos, frequent different spaces, subscribe to different philosophies, practice different faiths, venerate different figures as their respective heroes & villains and are populated from different social classes, different ethnic makeups and there’s no reason to think this drift won’t continue because the rifts of opinion are on mutually incompatible beliefs.

    Casual reconciliation is *not* possible in these conditions.

    • @Schmidtelpunkt

      July 16, 2024 at 8:08 am

      There is no left. Liberals are not left. So that whole both-side-ism fails there already.

  31. @HazratBilal-vm3ic

    July 16, 2024 at 5:15 am

    I think this is totally game 😂

  32. @italythroughmyeyes

    July 16, 2024 at 5:57 am

    Vote blue people💙

  33. @Zoiiinks

    July 16, 2024 at 6:04 am

    I once read Neal Postman’s book “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business”. It’s from 1985. So almost 40 years old. What he predicted is here now. It’s not about rationality and skills anymore. It’s how you perform in a show. And about people who’d rather choose to consume that show than to think for themselves

  34. @TinaBUTCHER-ph1ph

    July 16, 2024 at 7:44 am

    No it cant, the violent hate from the far right continues

  35. @pyorba

    July 16, 2024 at 9:51 am

    Fantastic interview. Excellent thoughts Ian, thank you!

  36. @DrSabriBebawi

    July 16, 2024 at 11:48 am

    Trump was never going to be assassinated. As a PhD social scientist, this presumed assassination is perplexing. It needs scientific study and analysis. The shooter shares the same ideology as Trump; he fits the profile of a white male supremacist, gun lover, and owner, a shooter who loves AR15 deadly machines, and a strong supporter of gun ownership, and Republican ideology. Why would he want to kill Trump? Considering that Project 2025 mirrors Islamic Sharia, perhaps the shooter believed he was headed to heaven and would be rewarded with virgins, or maybe he considered himself a martyr for the Republican cause, which parallels Islamic Sharia in its authoritarianism. These events are highly confusing.
    Moreover, Donald was not severely hurt. It is more perplexing to see that QAnon man named Vincent standing there as though he knew well what was happening. What happened there?

    This writer suspects this might have been staged, much like Trump has orchestrated several other events. Also, the Secret Service’s reaction was stunning; typically, they would push the president down to the ground, shield him, and then literally carry him away from the scene. But in this case, Trump was standing and using a White Power salute with his fist while screaming, “Fight, fight.” No average person in such a situation would be able to do that. the dead man and the injured persons are collateral damage. This is truly perplexing.

  37. @krishnakarthik6

    July 16, 2024 at 11:57 am

    Brilliant analysis

  38. @jess7150

    July 16, 2024 at 11:58 am

    Fantastic analysis.

  39. @lordcommander993

    July 16, 2024 at 11:58 am

    “They are both far too old” . Everyone keeps saying Biden is “too old” it’s not his age that’s a problem . It’s his cognitive function . Many people that are 10 years older than Biden would do a far better job and can out wit people 50 years younger than him.

  40. @radidov5333

    July 16, 2024 at 12:41 pm

    Why cant we just have Ian or someone like Ian as president or more in powerful position to improve america’s political state. Its very frustrating. This guy is so…solid, he’s like the reality in a fantasy world.

  41. @lauriehermundson5593

    July 16, 2024 at 1:24 pm

    How utterly depressing.

  42. @mw6563

    July 16, 2024 at 1:26 pm

    If you act toxic, angry and crazy you will become surrounded by toxic, angry and crazy. That’s how life works.

  43. @user-oc6dh2yp2w

    July 16, 2024 at 1:26 pm

    Unfortunately, America will never come together, simply because liberals and conservatives have different values. Cons want to build a white Christian nation preferably under a dictatorship, whereas libs want individual liberties, democracy, equality under the law and pluralism. How is it possible to unite the country in these conditions?

  44. @NerdyGirlLiveLove

    July 16, 2024 at 1:33 pm

    America is divided and so sad to be in no party and watch the parties fight.

  45. @jeannie7744

    July 16, 2024 at 1:47 pm

    Stupid politics and great division in this country in my opinion.

  46. @relaxing_white_noises_by_j1980

    July 16, 2024 at 2:38 pm

    The republican party is the party of Trump now. Its basically defined by one man.

  47. @DaleWood-h9i

    July 16, 2024 at 4:14 pm

    It is time to start understanding the “divided states” of America

  48. @Imim-x9w

    July 16, 2024 at 8:26 pm

    Mr. Bremmer , you are for Biden; can ask you who you voted for. Not a good guest to be interviewed. Very obv ious who you are for.

  49. @Imim-x9w

    July 16, 2024 at 8:30 pm

    Your facial movements are very obvious that you came on to TED for an agenda. You might gain something
    from Biden.

  50. @Imim-x9w

    July 16, 2024 at 8:34 pm

    Did you get paid for this appearance?

    • @Imim-x9w

      July 16, 2024 at 11:05 pm

      who liked .y comment?

  51. @gigirenick

    July 16, 2024 at 10:06 pm

    I’m grateful for your courage to speak the truth. Thank you! I wish you were leading our country!

  52. @dermotmeuchner2416

    July 16, 2024 at 10:13 pm

    He’s been wrong on Ukraine and Gaza.

  53. @njswampfox474

    July 16, 2024 at 10:23 pm

    Bremmer has TDS.

  54. @ThickBanana

    July 17, 2024 at 10:04 am

    American democracy is doing fine. Fear mongering does contribute to erosion and is irresponsible.

  55. @williamcrose4566

    July 17, 2024 at 11:44 am

    Trump talking about throwing the Constitution out but this guy thinks we aren’t at risk of a dictatorship. Get real. Centrists have no backbone

  56. @williamcrose4566

    July 17, 2024 at 11:49 am

    The longer I listened to this guy the more right-biased he seemed

  57. @kimseoyeon3024

    July 17, 2024 at 1:25 pm

    트럼프는 끝났다

  58. @diamonlawson422

    July 17, 2024 at 5:58 pm

    It’s so true…

  59. @dillipinaction

    July 18, 2024 at 3:51 am

    This guy Ian Bremmer looks just pitiable to me. He sounds quite reasonable and soft unlike the polarized commentators on CNN or Fox News, but essentially he belongs to the same warmongering neocon hypocrite clan you see on CNN or other European news outlets. The only difference is that he is less delusional and knows well there are formidable challenges to American hegemony now and it might not be easy for America to regain its unipolar supremacy, so he cleverly tones down his rhetoric and sounds conciliatory on domestic and global matters, but we can see through the mask where he comes from. The same hypocrisy about threats to democracy, international rule-based order, and all that old drivel. These people are so arrogant, though a bit subtly, that they can not accept for a second that Russia and China have equally valid reason to go for their self-interest just as the US and the Europeans have to go tor theirs. And if they really believe and do so even once, they will not be seen again on the screen and their living will be under threat because they have so far made a career out of serving as the mouthpiece of western hypocrisy, pandering the old drivel to pick scraps thrown to them by warmongers.

  60. @crazypaulinquebec

    July 18, 2024 at 12:03 pm

    Usually, Ian’s analysis is quite good. But ”heads will roll quite literally”…? Ian, I think you meant metaphorically.

  61. @gjthomas9770

    July 18, 2024 at 3:06 pm

    Im tired of the state of America

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