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The American presidency is often described as the most powerful office in the world, but history reveals it to be one of the most perilous. Behind the marble columns of the White House and the formidable security of the Secret Service lies a sobering reality: to lead the United States is to become a living target for the nation’s collective discontents. Recent events involving Donald Trump have once again thrust this dark tradition into the global spotlight, serving as a visceral reminder that the threat of political violence is not a relic of the past, but a persistent and evolving shadow over the American democratic experiment.
