Lucy Hough

One journalist read this alleged manifesto to him, to which Trump described the reporter as a disgrace.

How would you describe his response since Saturday night?

Yeah, but obviously there is real concern about this rise in political violence in the last few months, the assassination of the far-right podcaster Charlie Kirk last year, similarly the assassination of Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota Democrat, and her husband, and an epidemic of gun violence.

Has there been any kind of serious response to the White House in response to this?

Obviously, political violence is something that's always occurred in America, but it does feel particularly febrile at the moment.

Well, David, thank you.

Thank you for your reporting and stay safe after a very troubling weekend.

That's it for today.

My huge thanks to David Smith, our Washington bureau chief.

Do read his reporting over at theguardian.com, as well as our live blog on this story.

And do listen to our sister podcast, Politics Weekly, where Pippa Crear and Kieran Stacey will be discussing the many headaches facing Keir Starmer and reports that Labour MPs are plotting to get rid of him.

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This episode was presented by me, Lucy Hoff.

It was produced by Bryony Moore.

The senior producer was Ryan Ramgobin and the lead producer was Zoe Hitch.

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