Still, to his credit, Trump brilliantly understood the moment after the assassination attempt, boldly standing up and telling his supporters to “fight” on. Immediate comparisons can be made to Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt who, after being shot in the chest, resolutely carried on delivering a campaign speech, thus solidifying himself as an American legend. Trump did the same in Butler, Pa., on July 13.
Yet the rhetoric regarding divine intervention evokes another president who had escaped death multiple times: George Washington.
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