Salena Zito, who has been chronicling the politics of the Rust Belt for decades, was directly in front of the stage on that fateful day in July 2024 when Donald Trump was shot. In her new book out this week, Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America’s Heartland, Zito weaves the harrowing events of that day into a broader story about the transformation of the Rust Belt and Trump’s historic political comeback.
Editor’s Note: The following transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.
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