Security banquet: queries over Trump protection

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<p>After a <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/04/26/a-gunman-storms-donald-trumps-dinner-with-the-press?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gunman</a> stormed Donald Trump’s dinner with the press, questions are being revived about the president’s security. Germany’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/04/22/can-the-germans-fight?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">top general</a> explains the country’s new defence strategy. And listeners respond to our Weekend Intelligence episode on the <a href="https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2026/04/18/meet-the-passport-bros?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">passport bros</a> who go abroad to find “a good woman”.</p><br><p><em>An earlier version of our lead story stated that the gunman shot a Secret Service agent. Subsequent reports indicate it is unclear whose shot struck the agent.We have now edited the start of the segment.</em></p><br><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>John Prideaux, host of “Checks and Balance” and US editor</li><li>Tom Nuttall, Berlin bureau chief</li><li>Carla Subirana, reporter</li><li>Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-hosts of “The intelligence”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered: </p><ul><li>Donald Trump, assassination attempt, White House dinner, Cole Tomas Allen</li><li>Carsten Breuer, Bundeswehr, NATO, Ukraine</li><li>Passport bros, tradwife, misogyny </li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—</em><a href="https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</em></a></p><br><p><em>For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href="https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account. </em></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>