Lone Wolves vs. The President? Last THREE Attacks Before Trump

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Lone Wolves vs. The President? Last THREE Attacks Before Trump

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The July 13th 2024 attack on President Trump is only the latest in many assassination attempts made on US Presidents and presidential candidates throughout American history. In this video, we examine the last three attempts made before that of Trump, when assassins used firearms to try and murder Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.o...
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Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; California State Archive; Andre m; FOX52; The White House; NoeHill; Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library; Daniel Hume Kennerly; Dorea Mehouer for Voice of America; Winged Brick; New York Post

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@ezza2x899 Ай бұрын

I always chuckle at the clip of Reagan giving a speech and a balloon pops near by and he calmly says missed me, before carrying on

@jon9021 Ай бұрын

Yes, absolutely amazing…

@georgethomas7814 Ай бұрын

He was a was a ww2 war veteran even if his career was unremarkable.

@wademichaels8207 Ай бұрын

No President has a better sense of humor than Ronald Reagan.

@TrueCanad1an Ай бұрын

He also had a good one about not using age as a political point in one of his debates

@wademichaels8207 Ай бұрын

@@TrueCanad1an Walter Mondale. I'll never forget that.

@bobb1870 Ай бұрын

Finally, a real historian discussing a serious matter. The media is doing a terrible job of covering this topic.

@SpartacusColo Ай бұрын

MSM is too busy trying to convince everyone that "now" is the worst things have ever been.

@Rusty_Gold85 Ай бұрын

The mass media from Murdoch is a Republican newsletter

@snart2195 Ай бұрын

"serious" matter

@chiefslinginbeef3641 Ай бұрын

@@Rusty_Gold85lolol bro they've been trying to get him killed since before he was elected.

@danrhinehart1134 Ай бұрын

Not meening to sound like I'm supporting political violence but can you imagine how historical events would have been different had Gerald Ford been assassinated in 1975. Most likely Ronald Reagan would have been the Republican presidental candidate for president. It stands to reason Ronald Reagan would have defeated Jimmy Carter and became the 39th president of the United States. As such Ronald Reagan would have never let the Panama Canal Zone be given to Panama. Also a Reagan administration would not have pulled its support from under the Shah of Iran and as such prevented the Iranian revolution. This in turn most likely would have prevented the power vacuum that tempted the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan, which led to the birth of Al Quada and Osama Bin Laden. Also tge situation in Rhodesia may have gone differently as Reagan as a staunch anti communist would have never let the likes of Robert Mugabe to assume power in Rhodesia . Just goes to show you how much power one loan wolf with a gun on a suicide mission could potentially wield.

@scottallpress3818 Ай бұрын

The Reagan era secret service look so bad ass with those Uzis . I mean why carry a pen when you can carry a damn typewriter

@at1970 Ай бұрын

And they made no difference at all

@natejones902 Ай бұрын

That incident had a huge impact on the Uzi market, with US collectors.

@protennis365 Ай бұрын

@@natejones902Yes, before Regan passed the machine gun banned.

@heebiejeebies4625 Ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@protennis365fun fact, those are only for automatic weapons made post 1986, meaning the Uzi is obtainable

@protennis365 Ай бұрын

@@heebiejeebies4625 obtainable post 1986, but not legally own. After your FFL license expires, you have to return your machine gun to the government. If not, you are a felon.

@bv332fgh Ай бұрын

Mark, as an American, I would like to thank you for covering this topic. I can always count on you to avoid sensationalism when giving an analysis on such things, and your astute dedication to historical events like this is appreciated. Thank you sir. Cheers to you.

@michaelb5119 Ай бұрын

He's the damn goat

@Vskate1968 Ай бұрын

@@michaelb5119 Yes he is! Greatest Of All Time!

@mitchconner403 Ай бұрын

Too bad the same can’t be said about this comment section Just a bunch of angry people screaming at strangers they will never meet and blaming each other for events that neither were responsible for. 😂

@georgehh2574 Ай бұрын

@@mitchconner403 This is the truth 🤣

@oliversmith9200 Ай бұрын

Here Here!

@tallthinkev Ай бұрын

Saw an interview with Reagan, and the thing that upset him the most, apart from others get shot, was it was a brand new suit, and the first time he had ever worn it

@PrawnAddiction Ай бұрын

I can relate with that TBH

@Ozymandias1 Ай бұрын

It's probably is a museum collection right now when his other suits have been long discarded.

@briancisco1176 Ай бұрын

My favorite 1981 Bob Hope joke: "Why did Argentine President Galtieri invade the Falklands? He was trying to impress Jody Foster."

@drunknklr3071 Ай бұрын

But they didn't invade until 1982...

@Southlander1000 Ай бұрын

Johnny Carson knew when and how to deliver and did it better than anyone else. We need guys like him in comedy today.

@briancisco1176 Ай бұрын

@@drunknklr3071 Sorry; my bad.

@roddydykes7053 Ай бұрын

Taxi Driver

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Ай бұрын

Whatever comedian's famous for it I think they stole it from National Lampoon! I remember reading it in the mag almost as soon as the war broke out!

@brettbaratheon9776 Ай бұрын

Every one of these nuts have been let out. Unreal.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Ай бұрын

You can bet they're being shadowed, just in case.

@bapples Ай бұрын

Arthur Bremer released in 07. sirhan still in prison 56 years later

@notsosilentmajority1 Ай бұрын

@@bapples I don't make this claim but I've heard people say that Sirhan will never be released, simply because of the true circumstances of his actions. It just seems crazy that the current administration/Secret Service has denied Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secret Service protection during his campaign.

@levimeyer6126 Ай бұрын

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 I mean, are we sure of that? Based on this weekend I wouldn't presume the secret service is very good at their jobs.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Ай бұрын

@@levimeyer6126 Obviously I can't be 100% sure, but I'm 99% sure. And if it's not the Secret Service then it's the FBI. The Feds certainly couldn't be all that crazy about these losers walking around loose. Oh, this past weekend? Honestly I'm not paying too much attention to the aftermath. There's going to be LOT'S of finger-pointing, blame-gaming, and of course the TV talking heads are all on overdrive. I can wait for the official reports.

@ryanSLF Ай бұрын

What i have learnt the past few days is that the Secret Service and Emergency Services in general are quite incompetent.

@Dawnsdelightsart Ай бұрын

Looked like the 3 stooges

@kbanghart Ай бұрын

@@Dawnsdelightsartthat's a Trump rally for ya

@JesseWright68 Ай бұрын

@@Dawnsdelightsart You see that gal who couldn't even holster her sidearm?

@Del_S Ай бұрын

@@JesseWright68 I also saw a lot of gormless looking dudes looking like they were struggling to find their arses with both hands and a map, she only stands out because she wasn't like the others.

@lurker668 Ай бұрын

Bravo, now you finally know real life is not Hollywood movie.

@MarciaDiehl-wy5rw Ай бұрын

Hinckley was a college student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX in 1979 and the spring of 1980. I know this because he lived in the apartment behind mine for one school year of the fall of 1979 and the spring of 1980. The day Hinckley shot Reagan, my apartment complex was swarming with Secret Service and FBI agents asking all residents if we knew Hinckley or had any dealings with him. That was one very weird day.

@chrisblanco6465 25 күн бұрын

Sirhan Sirhan is still in jail cause he shot a Democrat.

@CalgarGTX 18 күн бұрын

I'm always amused how authorities start banging on doors and asking questions *after* the guy commited the crime and got caught, like, whats that gonna help now.

@MarciaDiehl-wy5rw 17 күн бұрын

@@CalgarGTX Exactly! I guess they were trying to find out if Hinckley had any college friends who could give them some insight into why he would try to murder a president. Mind you, the Secret Service and the FBI were knocking on all the apartment doors within four hours after Reagan was shot. I was very impressed that they found out that quickly that Hinckley not only attended Texas Tech the year before, but that he lived in my apartment complex. Even more astounding is that was long before we had the internet.

@MarciaDiehl-wy5rw 17 күн бұрын

@@chrisblanco6465 Truth. However, if Reagan had died from his gun shot wounds, I wonder if Hinckley would have ever been let out of prison or the medical facility he spent the last 40 years.

@johnharris6655 Ай бұрын

Jerry Parr, the agent in the Limo, the one who said to go the hospital not the White House, became a Secret Service agent after watching a 1939 movie called "Code of the Secret Service" Starring Ronald Reagan.

@valerietaylor9615 Ай бұрын

What a coincidence!

@StoutProper Ай бұрын

Everyone saw that from

@brianw612 Ай бұрын

1:52 In fact, Gerald R Ford, the 38th US President, is the only person ever to hold both the presidency and vise presidency of the US without ever being elected to either. As speaker of the US house, he ascended to VP when Spiro Agnew resigned then the president when Nixon departed in shame.

@Lightning613 Ай бұрын

. . . all at the behest of the Cee I Aye ? ? ?

@nb2008nc Ай бұрын

Ford was never speaker. He was minority leader, and Nixon tapped him to be VP after Agnew resigned in disgrace. Once Nixon resigned, Ford moved up.

@johnhblaubachea5156 Ай бұрын

He was appointed by Nixon after Agnew resigned. Although he was a member of Congress, as the Republicans were the minority party in the house through 1994. Tip O'Neil was the Speaker of the House.

@brianw612 Ай бұрын

He was the house minority leader. Thanks for that correction.

@DK-gy7ll Ай бұрын

And funny enough he turned out to be one of our better presidents.

@CKmaciel1608 Ай бұрын

Mark, you are the definition of historian!

@MirekWalus Ай бұрын

Not this time. This time he is clearly a propagandist.

@pmccoy8924 Ай бұрын

@@MirekWalus How so?

@williamhenry8914 Ай бұрын

@@MirekWalus based on what

@keithcozart4617 Ай бұрын

@@MirekWalusthis has to be sarcasm, mark is always factual to a fault. Not a single video has any sense of bias towards anything other than the facts.

@MirekWalus Ай бұрын

@@keithcozart4617 e.g. he is comparing attempts of actual presidents to former president or wish to be again .

@Ugnaught82 Ай бұрын

I was in High School when Regan was shot. Someone came to the classroom door and knocked, talked with the teacher, and we were soon hustled down to the library, where the only TV in the school was. For about an hour, until time to leave, several classes of students and most of the office staff watched the news as it unfolded. Several of our teachers were Korean War and Vietnam vets, so there was a lot of talk about what might be happening behind the scenes.

@RevLeigh55 Ай бұрын

I was 8 when JFK was assassinated. It was way more traumatic and tragic than what happened in 1981. It still pops into my mind most weeks 60 years later.

@TheMosinCrate Ай бұрын

I was a kid when 9/11 happened and it was a very similar experience. A teacher opened the door and said "the world trade has been bombed!". We turned on the TV and watched live as the second tower was struck before realizing what had happened to both towers. Then they came down. School was let out early, parents and teachers were crying openly. One of the weirdest days of our lives because as kids you understand but don't quite understand what was going on. It's been a while past 30 years.

@Celtic2Realms Ай бұрын

Among Presidential candidates you have Robert F Kennedy and George Wallace

@edwinleijen Ай бұрын

Indeed. I thought of them also.

@jackbagley640 Ай бұрын

I thought of them as well, but RFK was in 1968 and Wallace in 1972. Dr. Felton chose attempts since his own birth in 1974.

@LTPottenger Ай бұрын

huey long probably the most pivotal one

@RAAM855 Ай бұрын

@@LTPottengerEvery Man A King!

@user-lk5dx1zx9p Ай бұрын

Interstingly regan refused secret service guarding him in the hospital,trusting marines from a nearby ship instead. Makes you think, does it not.

@roddydykes7053 Ай бұрын

Hm guessing they didn’t have small frame ladies doing protection service back then

@user-lk5dx1zx9p Ай бұрын

@roddydykes7053 I don't think he would have trusted cia or fbi whatever silly policy is in fashion. He did not trust their loyalty as trump should not.

@jimbo9305 Ай бұрын

I mean the Secret Service failed him once already. Why give them a second chance so soon?

@user-lk5dx1zx9p Ай бұрын

@@jimbo9305 indeed. And at that moment he did not know if they were really on his side. He probably knew more about jfk assassination than we do

@tompaul2591 Ай бұрын

I do contract work at a military base from time to time. My army veteran cousin was surprised and disturbed when I told him it was private security and not MPs or base personnel. His reason: I'd rather have one of my own guarding me than someone in it for a paycheck. I'd take marines, soldiers or sailors over secret service/cia etc

@joecorrero6763 Ай бұрын

Mark, also as an American, i would like to say thank you as well. All of your work is fact based and you never veer off topic. Thank you and God Bless

@jimmyavpi Ай бұрын

He never veers of topic??? Are you serious? His channel is called, wait for it, "War Stories with Mark Felton". Which part of this story was about war? To me, this story was about assassination attempts, not wars.

@spooderdoggy Ай бұрын

⁠@@jimmyavpi Easy there Jimmy. There were various assassinations in WW2, just like assassinations have always been in all of history. I for one can give an excellent historian, Dr. Felton, some slack this time. 😉

@jimmyavpi Ай бұрын

@@spooderdoggy I have no problem with Mr. Felton at all. I enjoy his videos. What I dislike, is people who leave idiotic comments like the one above. How can the person say Mr. Felton doesn't veer of topic, when his channel is called War stories with Mark Felton. The two words war and stories clearly show a veer from topic.

@spooderdoggy Ай бұрын

@@jimmyavpi Fair enough.

@Jackson-wc2kc Ай бұрын

@@jimmyavpi This channel is Mark Felton Productions, if you care to look. The channel description doesn't tie it to purely war stories - that's his other channel. Don't be mean to random people for no reason.

@MiamiGameHunter Ай бұрын

It’s legit chilling to think that if a single thing had gone differently, world history as we know it would be drastically different.

@gregedwards1087 Ай бұрын

World History? America is NOT the World mate.

@Justanotherconsumer Ай бұрын

@@gregedwards1087yes, and no. As the sole remaining superpower what happens to the US has ripple effects in many places.

@JustTryingToYoutube Ай бұрын

@@gregedwards1087as a non American you’re just being ignorant here

@gregedwards1087 Ай бұрын

@@JustTryingToKZfaq, and very happy to be a 'non American' to be sure, ignorant, definately not, as someone outside of the influence of your media I can actually see very clearly what is going on.

@secretagent86 Ай бұрын

@@gregedwards1087since usa is superpower yes how it would have impacted the world is correct. I am cdn

@existinginaspace8347 Ай бұрын

The Mark Felton theme on a non war video goes hard

@gabe5787 Ай бұрын

The funny thing is, it's just a pre-made song that comes bundled with Apple Movie Maker, I'm pretty sure. It also comes with Apple's music library in their Logic Pro music software.

@roddydykes7053 Ай бұрын

@@gabe5787just like Always Sunny In Philadelphia it’ll now forever be tied to its adopters

@Pedal2Metal_on_YouTube Ай бұрын

All I hear each time is Apple's free music ... lol

@queuedjar4578 Ай бұрын

@@gabe5787 Royalty free music can go hard.

@caboose8110 Ай бұрын

I’m stretching im stretching on lebron James hairline

@Raven6794 Ай бұрын

What I find most amazing is that neither of Fords would be assassins thought to properly familiarise themselves with their weapons. Your videos are always so well produced with calm and rational analysis of the events. A pity that there are so many others who see events like this as an opportunity to further their political or social aims.

@arithmetikmilitantpoetry9548 Ай бұрын

Happy 50th Birthday Dr Felton? 😅 Thanks for enriching all our lives with knowledge

@robbiecrawford9325 Ай бұрын

Thanks for chiming in Mark. Amateur American historians like me, adore you.

@steelydan146 Ай бұрын

You should do a doc on the earlier eras of attempts like these. People like McKinley, the 2 Roosevelts, etc.

@georgewashington3393 Ай бұрын

Garfield

@goldenfiberwheat238 Ай бұрын

Andrew jackson

@Dac54 Ай бұрын

There was also a serious assassination attempt on President-elect FDR that took place in Miami, FL, on February 15th, 1933. FDR was uninjured, but the mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak, who was standing next to FDR, was shot and subsequently died from complications of his wound on March 6th, 1933. Also, on November 1st, 1950, President Harry Truman was the target of an assassination attempt in which one police officer was killed and several others were wounded. Fortunately for Truman, the would-be assassins did not get too close to him, as he had been resting at Blair House, which is a guest house located on the White House grounds. At the time, the White House was undergoing renovations; hence, the reason for Truman making use of this location.

@goldenfiberwheat238 Ай бұрын

@@Dac54 what’s the mayor of Chicago doing in Miami?

@Dac54 Ай бұрын

@@goldenfiberwheat238 He was on a holiday of sorts; he had suffered for years from ulcerative colitis and was resting in Miami. FDR had returned from a fishing trip in the Bahamas and agreed to meet Cermak to discuss his upcoming presidency and how he would be helpful to Chicago.

@JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey Ай бұрын

I remember watching the raw unedited news feed from CBS. What impressed me was the Secret Service agent who reached into his jacket and pulled out a 9m.m. uzi complete with folding stock. Reagan was already away and there was a dog pile of agents on top of Hinkley. The agent was trying to keep the scrum of reporters back. He screamed "Get Back!". "Get the F. back!"

@joshuaborne4721 Ай бұрын

Sir. Well done as always. May I offer a correction. Colt 45 rounds when referenced to the 1911 is incorrect. The round the 1911 uses is a 45 ACP. Though it is probably more of a language issue between you folk across the pond and us in the USA. Keep up the great work.

@icy3-1 Ай бұрын

"Manufactured 1974" I shall now refer to birth as the manufacturing. Thank you, Dr. Felton :)

@AppalachianMountaineer1863 Ай бұрын

I rolled off the assembly line in 1999. Last of the late model production 😂

@13Photodog Ай бұрын

In the early1980's I was asked to photograph a very small private event with James Brady. Despite all his physical problems he still had a fantastic sense of humor.

@Coconutscott Ай бұрын

Kudos for Mark for calling the U.S. a Republic, which it is. Many of our own politicians don't realize this.

@rickybobby8224 Ай бұрын

Congratulations, you are the 1,000,000,000th person to needlessly make this comment.

@Coconutscott Ай бұрын

@@rickybobby8224 you're a clever young lady, your boyfriend is a lucky man...

@AppalachianMountaineer1863 Ай бұрын

@@rickybobby8224somebody’s triggered 😂

@mpumelelobeyers957 17 күн бұрын

What stake do have weather republic or not??

@AppalachianMountaineer1863 17 күн бұрын

@@mpumelelobeyers957 the US is a Constitutional Republic, our laws are created by the rights set in place by the US Constitution. A republic ensures everyone gets fair representation in government. A democracy is different as a democracy is based on the public vote. Whoever is most popular holds power. Which is impossible in a large country like the US.

@the_lichemaster Ай бұрын

Poor Taxi driver, ouch!

@toddaulner5393 Ай бұрын

Yeah, that must have really been painful!

@jonathanwpressman Ай бұрын

Boy, imagine how silly Hinkley felt when he discovered that Foster was gay!

@Stanley-px3bt Ай бұрын

At least we Americans got a good punk rock band name out of the incident. JFA(Jodie Foster's Army). They were investigated by the secret service for choosing that name. 🤣

@nomadmarauder-dw9re Ай бұрын

Only because she hadn't been with Him. See how this works? Some more: watch Taxi Driver and spot the shots that could've been full frontal Jodie. And probably were. No wonder she's down on men.

@juancarloscuaocastellanos8813 Ай бұрын

"Shit!" 🤦

@thEannoyingE Ай бұрын

That wasn’t known yet at the time, she was just a child then.

@777pdub Ай бұрын

The famous photo taken after the Reagan assassination attempt was used for the cover of Big Ghost Ltd album Griselda Ghost. Very good photo and a very good album

@MrXdmp Ай бұрын

Thanks Dr. Felton!

@CV_CA Ай бұрын

3:51 Shouldn't have worried about the trees they are still there.

@billeckel9260 Ай бұрын

Reagan was taken to the emergency department at George Washington University hospital. The emergency department is now named for him.

@wordysmith Ай бұрын

wow Mark, you stepped out from WW2

@Treblaine Ай бұрын

"You best start believing in important historical events, Ms Turner, You're in one!"

@Boskov01 Ай бұрын

He's covered some modern events before. Although he has usually tied them into WW era content. Such as WW2 tanks still used today as an example.

@localenterprisebroadcastin5971 Ай бұрын

You must be new

@snickerbockers5988 Ай бұрын

When you're a WW2 historian you don't get a whole lot of chances at being in the algorithm's spotlight.

@IndustrialSociety1995 Ай бұрын

He rarely does, and when he does, they are phenomenal videos! His Cold War stuff is definitely my favorite.

@user-oi1fd6fx2j Ай бұрын

If Anyone was shocked by the attempt... your haven't been paying attention to current events!

@thievingpanda Ай бұрын

NONE of these people should have been released from prison, even if 50 years have passed.

@DemolitionManDemolishes Ай бұрын

seriously, wth is wrong with American justice system

@MirekWalus Ай бұрын

And like who are you to decide that?

@CzarLazar1389 Ай бұрын

John Hinckley Jr. seems repentant and truly remorseful for his actions. He did an interview back in 2022 after his release and gave his reasons why he thinks he is able to be free after what he did. He was also mentally ill at the time of the attempted assassination and his judgment was clouded.

@DemolitionManDemolishes Ай бұрын

@@MirekWalus "I am the LAW"

@MirekWalus Ай бұрын

@@DemolitionManDemolishes >' "I am the LAW' ... Which stand for yet another American 'Law Abiding Wacko'.

@HypocriticYT Ай бұрын

The Crooks family contacted police regarding their son that day. They did have concerns but the conversation has not been released

@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423 Ай бұрын

This is going into one of my "saved videos called, keeping truth alive " and to share with truth seeking friends. Like others have said, thank you Dr Felton, for not using sensationalism which is so much used these days to push misinformation at times. Thank you again for the dedication and hard work, putting these videos together, keeping the truth alive.

@fancyultrafresh3264 Ай бұрын

Being from the Midwest I have visited the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in downtown Grand Rapids Michigan several times, and seen the pistol. If any of you are passing by I highly recommend visiting said museum, it's a wonderful glimpse not just into his life, but also the time in which he lived.

@lancerevell5979 Ай бұрын

I once visited the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Plains, Georgia (I live in North Florida). Sadly I could find nothing about the infamous Attack Rabbit. 😅

@badiskool9159 Ай бұрын

fromme looks like one of those just stop oil protestor

@nonoyorbusness Ай бұрын

Well she is squeaky!

@tadcastertory1087 Ай бұрын

Standard leftist nutter.

@martinswiney2192 Ай бұрын

Worried about the effects of car exhaust on the redwoods. Correct me if im wrong but dont trees and plants use stuff like that to live and fart out oxygen or something like that?

@michaelvoisey8458 Ай бұрын

@@martinswiney2192 Well they take in CO2 and breath out oxygen

@martinswiney2192 Ай бұрын

@@michaelvoisey8458 yeah. Something like that. They dont need help from a stanky skanky hippy chick.

@GunDrummer Ай бұрын

Wild how they are out walking among the population now

@embreis2257 Ай бұрын

why is that wild? would you imprison everyone till the day they die? regardless how long that takes? that would be very unethical.

@goldenfiberwheat238 Ай бұрын

Quit shilling for the prison industrial complex. They’ve all repented

@kimmckenzie4798 Ай бұрын

Happy birthday Dr. Mark Felton🎉

@benitoharrycollmann132 Ай бұрын

This video is not the period of history that we want from Dr. Felton, but the one that we deserve

@joelellis7035 Ай бұрын

It's still period, just the period between 1974 and 1981.

@barrydysert2974 Ай бұрын

😢 When you've lived long enough to see your life become history... and be repeated !:-( 🙏💜⚡

@Mickcotton Ай бұрын

Very excellent reporting. Thank you so much. Cheers 🥂 🇬🇧🇺🇸

@MirekWalus Ай бұрын

No, its not. Excellent reporting is when you follow the facts and figure out the pattern. In this case Trump was NOT the president so no pattern there.

@mattgeorge90 Ай бұрын

Excellent as ever. Thank you for sharing!

@lumenvitae4215 Ай бұрын

Quality work as always Dr Felton! Learned about assassination attempts I didn't even know about as an American!

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Ай бұрын

Unless you lived through them and remember them first-hand like myself and others in my age bracket or older it's no surprise you haven't heard about them. They were failures of course, and life and events moved on.

@Henry_TownshendSH4 Ай бұрын

What about the shoe attempt on bush?

@uncovidvaxxforthestrongand3582 Ай бұрын

what about the stair assault, or the bike and gravity assaults on biden?

@vVBEESKNEESVv Ай бұрын

We as a country still haven't healed from that, please do not talk about it.

@toddaulner5393 Ай бұрын

The 30 feet per second speed was laughable.

@queuedjar4578 Ай бұрын

and the droid attack on the wookies

@perfectogaming5240 Ай бұрын

@@vVBEESKNEESVvlmao

@localenterprisebroadcastin5971 Ай бұрын

Thanks for ALWAYS being objective Dr Felton

@freetolook3727 Ай бұрын

Reagan: "Doctor, are you a Republican?" Doctor in operating room: "Today, Mr. President, we're all Republicans!"

@WildBikerBill Ай бұрын

I remember that 🤣😎🤣

@silverdrillpickle7596 Ай бұрын

Excellent comment 🫡

@XxBloggs Ай бұрын

Embarrassing stupid for the doctor to say.

@ohasis8331 Ай бұрын

@@XxBloggs Why, it was a reassuring comment.

@AnthonyGood Ай бұрын

@@ohasis8331 A better response would have been, "No, we're all Americans."

@miketeeveedub5779 Ай бұрын

History never repeats but is absolutely cyclical. Thanks for an interesting dive on these particularly troubling events. Also Happy 50th Belated Manufacturing Day! As a Fiver myself you begin to appreciate history more and more after Five Oh. Cheers on your great content!

@connorfritsch8618 Ай бұрын

Adore your works, the books and videos!

@irish3335 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video Dr Felton, especially with what is happening in the world now - much appreciated from the USA!

@stevenhershman2660 Ай бұрын

Perfect timing for releasing this Video ! Great Job.

@z0phi3l Ай бұрын

So, what I gather is, if your last name is Ford, avoid ALL women from California

@AppalachianMountaineer1863 Ай бұрын

Jimmy Carter’s campaign theme song should’ve been “California girls” by The Beach Boys

@hippiechick2112 20 күн бұрын

Mr. Felton, you are a star. Thank you for the historical info and your awesome humor.

@user-qb1ph5is6u Ай бұрын

Let’s go Mark!! So cool to see you make a vid on this, my favorite historian covering history that occurred just 3 days ago and others from the past.

@johncoe929 Ай бұрын

I was desperately waiting for a mention of Reagan’s “Missed me” when a balloon popped during one of his speeches

@blackegret666 Ай бұрын

That was fast.

@catfishrushdie1444 Ай бұрын

Poor Gerald Ford. I could never understand how he could inspire hostility in any one. Maybe he should have stayed away from California.

@rossjones5741 Ай бұрын

Maybe Ford shouldn't been on the warren commission OR pardoned Nixon for Watergate😮 what was he thinking?

@keithyoder4366 Ай бұрын

Well, gee... who do you think was trying to kill him? A Charles Manson (run by the CIA, read Chaos by O'Neill) fan girl and an FBI "informant". Those IC 3-letter agencies... they have "Six Ways to Sunday To Get Back At You" says the Senator.

@GoodOlRoll Ай бұрын

They were jealous that he was Gerald Ford and they weren't.

@KannabisMajoris Ай бұрын

@@rossjones5741 a slimy elite whose job was to make sure the powerful criminals around him got away with their crimes. Became president without ever being on a presidential ticket. I don't see how anyone could like him.

@notsosilentmajority1 Ай бұрын

@@rossjones5741 So that means he should have been assassinated? That is an asinine statement. Serving on a commission, Watergate, etc., it doesn't mean anyone should face violence.

@jackbagley640 Ай бұрын

Dr. Felton, yet another wonderful video. A thorough and dispassionate look at some of the darker moments in recent history, spurred by the awful event last weekend. You are to be congratulated for this and all your programs!

@jokodihaynes419 Ай бұрын

We still haven't learned anything from history

@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat Ай бұрын

We’ve actually learned quite a lot, but presumably not what you are looking for.

@speleokeir Ай бұрын

"History repeats itself - because nobody was listening the first time."

@at1970 Ай бұрын

We’ve learned that Americans and guns and politics makes being a politician a potentially deadly job

@alwaysskeptical7221 Ай бұрын

We learned that shadow organizations best patsy candidate is the “lone wolf”.

@freetolook3727 Ай бұрын

Because no one reads history.

@spacewater7 Ай бұрын

I do wish you'd gone back to Teddy Roosevelt and included RFK Sr because those are the two situations which I think are most parallel to the latest one. I know RFK was never president but he was a candidate for the office, and I'm certain nobody can dispute that if he'd survived he would've won the election. As for Teddy, (who is the origin of the popular stuffed animal, the teddy bear) he was shot in the abdomen by a lone gunman while giving a speech. Sound familiar? Teddy proceeded to bash his attacker with a stick, and then, refused medical treatment - until he was done making his speech.

@Frank-Lee-Speeking Ай бұрын

The idea that RFK Sr would have been the sure winner of the 1968 election seems like a case of wishful thinking to me. You're going to need to come up with a lot of data to support that, showing that he was well in the lead of the other Democratic candidates and polls showing that he would have beaten Nixon if they were the respective candidates. Even then, any number of events could have intervened to cause his defeat. I say all this as a non-American with no particular bias towards or against either Nixon or RFK Sr.

@leninjohn1981 Ай бұрын

Happy birthday Mark

@MarkFeltonProductions Ай бұрын

My birthday was in May - but I am 50 unfortunately!

@bobross8786 Ай бұрын

@@MarkFeltonProductionshappy belated birthday and there's nothing wrong with being 50 🎉

@heatherporterfield7343 Ай бұрын

Very timely. Thank you Dr. Felton.

@360Nomad Ай бұрын

*Avoided this century's Franz Ferdinand moment by a literal millimeter*

@speleokeir Ай бұрын

The Franz Ferdinand song 'Take Me Out' from their album 'Hits to the Head' seems very apt.

@AppalachianMountaineer1863 Ай бұрын

civil war 2 was delayed by that miss.

@anne-kristinrobertsson1561 Ай бұрын

Vilken intressant video. Tack så mycket.

@Willigula Ай бұрын

Excellent program! Thanks, Dr. Felton!

@iGamezRo Ай бұрын

John Hinckley currently runs a music KZfaq channel. He recently wanted to hold a concert but no venue would host him.

@marvwatkins7029 Ай бұрын

Happy belated half century, Doctor!

@andyjay9346 Ай бұрын

Excellent research and well put together. 👍

@grey4720 Ай бұрын

Felton can take any historical moment or figure and turn into a well dissected, concise, detailed, and informative video without any bullocks clouding the facts.

@Gutenmorgenside Ай бұрын

Excellent, very interesting. I didn't realise Ford was targetted twice.

@michaelkinsey4649 Ай бұрын

Struck by Fromme's outfit in 1975, vs the mysterious assassin character in 'Don't look now' 1973

@-J_W- Ай бұрын

She looks like Little Red Riding Hood gone schizo.

@jonathanwhite5132 Ай бұрын

Dr Felton works fast

@speckledjim_ Ай бұрын

Theres a distinct lack of preparation in these attempts......

@lancerevell5979 Ай бұрын

Thankfully! 😮

@HubertofLiege Ай бұрын

How would you do it?

@adrianmiholic865 Ай бұрын

Are there attempts that the public will never know about?

@AppalachianMountaineer1863 Ай бұрын

You’re not supposed to know about JFK or MLK assassination

@davidsandelin4481 Ай бұрын

Good work Mr. Felton

@robertmcelfresh5972 Ай бұрын

Thank you Mark for calling us a Republic and not a democracy.

@arseliopereira2541 Ай бұрын

The United States is both a Republic and a Representative Democracy.

@kagakai7729 Ай бұрын

The representatives are elected through popular vote, making it a democratic Republic. Democracy would require direct voter input into policies themselves, which would require Americans to be intelligent.

@heatgrimm8664 Ай бұрын

⁠@@kagakai7729Very wrong. Do more research before spouting off brainless nonsense. Thank you

@kagakai7729 Ай бұрын

@@heatgrimm8664 My bad, I didn't know that our representatives were _not_ elected through the popular vote, a democratic process, and were instead pulled from a hat of randomly selected names of geriatric dementia ward rejects who aren't going to live to the end of the decade. Thanks for the correction!

@arseliopereira2541 Ай бұрын

@@kagakai7729 You are talking about a Direct Democracy. The United States is not a Direct Democracy. It is a Representative Democracy or if you prefer a Democratic Republic. I am Canadian. Canada is not a Republic but is a Constitutional Monarchy and a Parliamentary Democracy. I was born in Portugal which is a Parliamentary Democracy and a Republic. Before 1974 Portugal was a Fascist Dictatorship but it was still a Republic. All types of Democracies in order to be successful require some sort of intelligence from its citizens. That's why we seldom get the best government possible but instead get the government that we deserve.

@mrmessenger5584 Ай бұрын

Thanks, Mark, for covering this particular topic!

@tonnywildweasel8138 Ай бұрын

Informative, and very thorough. Excellent work again.

@chuckw1113 Ай бұрын

You forgot one other attack on a President in that time. On 20 April 1979, while on a short vacation trip to his hometown, Plains, Georgia, President Jimmy Carter went fishing on a pond on his farm. Suddenly, a dreaded Killer Attack Rabbit appeared, swimming toward the President’s boat, “hissing menacingly, its teeth flashing and nostrils flared!” The President, daringly, attempted to hit the vicious, killer attack rabbit with a paddle, missing and splashing it with pond water, and driving it away! A White House photographer documented the attack of the rabbit and its repulse! The President was uninjured in his combat action!

@gonavy1 Ай бұрын

Hinkley should never have been released. But that's just my opinion.

@JeffEbe-te2xs Ай бұрын

Rich connected parents

@ARGAR_GAMES Ай бұрын

Ya gotta love a Dr Felton video! ❤🎉

@MirekWalus Ай бұрын

Nope. Not this one.

@JohnSchafer-rs2nh Ай бұрын

Thoughts and prayers

@Jermster_91 Ай бұрын

Some Americans on the left have been like "How did you miss" or something similar on social media and have been fired from jobs because of it.

@kbanghart Ай бұрын

And some on the right are blaming us Dems for it 😂

@EGRJ Ай бұрын

@@kbanghart I fail to see why this is remotely a laughing matter. Also, why is your priority going "NO U" instead of actually saying anything about the bad people on the left ?

@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat Ай бұрын

Weird, where are all the amendment freaks about this?

@Red_Lion2000 Ай бұрын

@@EGRJ Its hard to take Americans seriously when they think Biden is a leftist, in all honesty. Biden and Trump put money in the same overflowing pocket.

@logy650 Ай бұрын

@@EGRJdon’t act surprised when the modern left are devoid of all morals

@douglasstrother6584 Ай бұрын

It's criminal that all three are free.

@vos2693 29 күн бұрын

I don't understand, why? 40 years in prison is extremely harsh punishment, and none of them were mentally stable at the time.

@GWLAD Ай бұрын

God Bless you Mark Felton

@keithcoombs2185 Ай бұрын

Tremendous context and analysis by the foremost expert on all things American, the good Doctor Felton!

@Hansaman58 Ай бұрын

These all happened in my lifetime as well including the assassination of JFK. I was manufactured in 1958.

@lancerevell5979 Ай бұрын

I'm a 1957 model myself. 😅

@mrhamburger6936 Ай бұрын

Myself to

@mrhamburger6936 Ай бұрын

And Martin Luther King

@Ed_Stuckey Ай бұрын

@@lancerevell5979 Oh, you kids. April, 1943.

@markvolker1145 Ай бұрын

"Lonewolf" is codename for CIA!

@ted356 Ай бұрын

Always enjoy your well researched and well presented videos!

@ProfessorM-he9rl Ай бұрын

Thanks for this post, much appreciated.

@LowescC Ай бұрын

there is no way to have an "healthy obsession" with Jody Foster ( imho ) ( just throwing that out there )

@Hoplophile1 Ай бұрын

Dr. Felton, I appreciate your detailed coverage of the attempts on President Ford, incidents which I recall clearly (as well as others in my lifetime which include JFK, RFK and MLK). These are often ignored simply because Ford was not actually hit.

@sameyers2670 Ай бұрын

Once again another fascinating video, thank you Mark.

@josephperreault997 Ай бұрын

I knew and remember all this but as always you have nuggets that elucidate the informed.

@BamBamBigelow.. Ай бұрын

Thanks, Mark, this is weird time for USA 🇺🇸

@andymyers2759 Ай бұрын

All of those people seemed like genuine lone gun people. I don't for a minute think that Lee Harvey Oswald was a lone gunman however and I have real doubts about the latest Trump event too.

@AppalachianMountaineer1863 Ай бұрын

LHO didn’t even shoot JFK imo. He was a democrat so he was party aligned and even said “what reason would I have in shooting a president” there’s been no motivation found in the JFK assassination. MLK was killed by Memphis police and FBI, that was even proven in court by the King family. With how much corruption there is amongst the democrat party controlling the DOJ, it wouldn’t surprise me that they gave the secret service stand down orders to give the shooter a clean shot.