Maggie Haberman Says Trump ‘Shaken’ By Charlie Kirk Killing — Views In Terms Of Threats On His Own Life

CNN commentator and New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman told host Kasie Hunt that President Donald Trump is “shaken” by the Charlie Kirk killing, and views it in the context of the threats on his own life.

On Wednesday’s edition of CNN’s The Arena, Haberman gave Hunt a raft of insights on Trump’s current trip to the United Kingdom as a member of the press pool and the world’s foremost Trumpologist.

Despite all the issues facing him, Haberman said the Kirk killing is taking up the most space in Trumpworld:

HUNT: Maggie, can I ask you in terms of that list that you just walked through what would you say is occupying the sort of, you know, if you go to sleep at night and you can’t get that one thing off your mind.

What is that for the White House right now?

What is the thing that is really taking up the most headspace for them?

HABERMAN: So, honestly, Kasie, right now, I think if you had asked that question a couple of weeks ago, the Epstein story would have been it. Right now, it is the concerns about threats to the live — the lives of people around the president. And the president’s own, you know, two assassination attempts on his life, one of which was a near miss last year.

I think they are — look, the president has made very clear that he is engaging in crackdowns. He has insisted that political violence is only initiated by the political left, as opposed to against it. That’s just not true, in terms of attacks on the left and we, you know, we saw that with the Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota, for instance, we saw that with Nancy Pelosi’s husband.

But he has made clear that he’s not accepting that, and he is moving forward. But it is really hard to overstate how shaken the White House and the president was and were by Charlie Kirk’s assassination. A lot of people in the White House were very close to Charlie Kirk, or knew him or admired him, and President Trump was also close to him, but also sees this in terms of the threats on his life. And so, I think that’s what you’re seeing is a primary driver right now.

Watch above via CNN’s The Arena.