Washington: The latest apparent attempted assassination of Donald Trump is another chilling reminder of an election campaign marred by unprecedented disruption – and violence.

Nine weeks after the Republican candidate was almost killed when a gunman opened fire at a rally in Pennsylvania, the FBI is investigating what is believed to be another attempt on Trump’s life.

Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania.Credit: AP

The 78-year-old former president was on his golf course in Florida’s West Palm Beach when Secret Service personnel spotted a man with an AK-47 concealed in the bushes a few hundred yards away.

Trump was unharmed, and the suspect, who has been identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, fled the scene but was eventually arrested.

In the aftermath of the incident, Vice President Kamala Harris declared that “violence has no place in America,” while her running mate Tim Walz insisted: “It’s not who we are as a nation.”

Isn’t it?

America is an incredible country and a place that I now consider to be my home. But throughout my term as a correspondent here, I’ve seen so many shocking forms of violence that another attempted assassination almost begins to feel normal –........

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