‘He Is on Edge’: Maggie Haberman Says Trump Is Experiencing ‘Anxiety’ After Assassination Attempts

CNN commentator and New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said former President Donald Trump is “on edge” after a couple of close calls.

On Sunday, Secret Service shot at a man with a rifle as he lurked near Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The man was apprehended shortly after and officials say he never had a line of sight on the former president. In July, a gunman shot Trump in the ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. One rally-goer was killed and two others were wounded. The gunman was shot to death by agents.

While speaking at a rally in Uniondale, New York on Wednesday, Trump became visibly startled by movement in the audience. The ex-president suddenly turned to his right.

“I thought this was a wise guy coming up,” he said. “You know, I’ve got a little bit of a yip problem here. Right? That was amazing. I was all ready to start duking it out.”

On Friday’s edition of The Source on CNN, Haberman and guest host Boris Sanchez reacted to the clip.

“He seems to flinch when he, out of the corner of his eye, sees some movement and imagines someone lunging out from the crowd,” Sanchez said. “What did you think when you saw that?”

“Looking at his face is very telling because you see his eyes dart off to the right and he jerks his body, and he says it – that he thought that somebody was coming up to the stage,” Haberman replied. “This is clearly his reaction after what happened on Sunday when there was another apparent assassination attempt on him, the second in just over two months. And he is he is on edge. For him to say that he has ‘a yip problem,’ which is an acknowledgment of anxiety – is pretty unusual for a guy who likes to project strength at all times.”

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