The Greatest Threat Is the Solution
The article critiques media and political rhetoric surrounding security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after an assassination attempt on Donald Trump by Cole Tomas Allen, a teacher. It argues that heightened political language demonizing Trump may contribute more to violence than actual security lapses. The author contends that proposed security improvements would not have prevented the incident, as Allen was apprehended before reaching the event.
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Takimag The Greatest Threat Is the Solution Griping about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner security misses the point. TakiMag (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images) Ann Coulter Apr 30, 2026 12:05 AM Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The main question I have about Donald Trump’s latest attempted assassin, Cole Tomas Allen—a teacher, naturally—is: I wonder whether he was a fair grader to Trump supporters? One question I don’t have is whether some new security protocol could stop random nuts from doing insane things in a country of 340 million people.
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