FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
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Coming up on Washington Week with The Atlantic:
Culture of Violence
The assassination of Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Trump, has shocked the nation this week, and raised new questions about the country’s escalating political violence.
Meanwhile, America’s influence on the global stage is in question after President Trump was blindsided by Israel’s strike in Qatar and Russia’s incursion of drones into Poland, forcing a NATO military response for the first time in the alliance’s history.
Joining editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, to discuss this and more:
- Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
- Laura Barrón-López, White House Correspondent, MSNBC
- Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
- Tom Nichols, Staff Writer, The Atlantic
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