The world should breathe a sigh of relief that Donald Trump wasn’t harmed in Florida | Simon Tisdall

The former president's sudden passing would create an unprecedented, certainly unpredictable and possibly anarchic political vacuum

It's worthwhile trying to imagine what might have happened had Donald Trump been shot and killed after playing the fifth hole at his Florida golf course at the weekend. Though many people might love to see the back of an obnoxious man who incited others to violence, this weekend's incident has prompted calls for tighter security around the former president and weighty condemnation from his rival Kamala Harris, who says she is deeply disturbed" by the apparent assassination attempt and tweeted: I am glad he is safe. Violence has no place in America."

Yet, with this, the second mortal threat, speculation is inevitable. And, paradoxically, Trump dead could be even more dangerous than Trump alive.