Gunfire of the Vanities: Trump dinner shooting defines a violent, unserious America

The plots to assassinate Donald Trump are becoming the stuff of American ritual now — incredible scenes of confused people running every which way, helmeted men with heavy-duty machine guns popping out from nowhere, and the muddled early news reports. But Saturday night’s gunfire right outside the swank ballroom hosting Trump and the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) dinner — with elite journalists in awkward black ties or uncomfortable high heels diving under white linen tables — went beyond metaphor for a depraved and decadent America.

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