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The attempted attack on Trump in Florida kept deepening into a major security embarrassment, as official details and reporting on September 16 underscored how close the former president came to real danger and how little control the system had over the threat. The episode was no longer just a frightening one-off; it was becoming a larger indictment of the protective bubble around him.
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The attempted attack on Trump in Florida kept deepening into a major security embarrassment, as official details and reporting on September 16 underscored how close the former president came to real danger and how little control the system had over the threat. The episode was no longer just a frightening one-off; it was becoming a larger indictment of the protective bubble around him.
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The attempted attack on Trump in Florida kept deepening into a major security embarrassment, as official details and reporting on September 16 underscored how close the former president came to real danger and how little control the system had over the threat. The episode was no longer just a frightening one-off; it was becoming a larger indictment of the protective bubble around him.
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