Covering Donald Trump, and Witnessing the Danger Up Close
The first time I felt unsafe at a Trump event was a week ago in New Orleans.
I hadn’t been on the Trump beat for The New York Times for very long, but the warm Friday night rally in an airport hangar on the outskirts of the city thrummed with an ominous energy. Donald J. Trump took the stage just as the sky was slipping from purplish twilight to slate black, and the mood shifted,