Ralbag: On Attempted Assassinations of National Leaders

I've been asked my thoughts on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. I chose to write this non-political insight based on a similar event in Tanach, but I'm still making this as a paid post.

The Torah Content for the remainder of July has been sponsored by the Lichters in honor of Jonny Schneeweiss "for being Jonny."

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This is an AI painting of the subject of this article which I created with Adobe Firefly 3.0 modeled after Evan Vucci’s already iconic photo of Donald Trump in the immediate aftermath of his attempted assassination.

Ralbag: On Attempted Assassinations of National Leaders

Like most Americans, I reacted to the news of the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump on July 13^th with a mixture of horror, morbid curiosity, and a sense of “this is history in the making.” Initially, I didn’t plan to write about this event, but after reading through too many reactions on Twitter (my sincere apologies to Thoreau and my soul), I felt compelled to share an insight from Ralbag on the first attempted assassination of a national leader in Tanach.