Hillary Clinton says Trump poses 'danger to our country and the world' after assassination attempt

A day after a failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton said Monday that the former president posed a "danger to our country and the world."

"The press is still not able to cover Trump the way that they should," Clinton told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. "They careen from one outrage to the next … I don’t understand why it’s so difficult for the press to have a consistent narrative about how dangerous Trump is. You know, the late great journalist Harry Evans, one time said that journalists should, you know, really try to achieve objectivity, and by that, he said, I mean they should cover the object."

"Well, the object in this case is Donald Trump. His demagoguery, his danger to our country and the world. And stick with it."

Clinton is promoting her latest memoir, "Something Lost, Something Gained," which was described this year in part as "a fervent and persuasive warning to all American voters." She went on to say Monday that the press was "merciless" when pointing out President Biden's issues following his poor debate showing against Trump in June, and Trump was counting on public indifference to his controversies.

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"Americans need to understand that they have to take Trump both seriously and literally," she said. "He has said what he wants to do. He and his allies with Project 2025, his desire to be a dictator, at least on day one, all of that is in the public record. And I believe that more Americans have to be, you know, willing to endure what frankly is discomforting and to some extent kind of painful, to take him at his word and to be outraged by what he represents."

"We can’t go back and give this very