When Donald Trump was nearly assassinated this past Saturday in my hometown of Butler, Pennsylvania—at a rally that I nearly attended (my 16-year-old son was there)—I quickly thought of March 30, 1981, the day that President Ronald Reagan was nearly assassinated. I have written extensively about Reagan, and I think the similarities between the two attempted assassinations are notable.
Both men were shot by loners in their 20s, outcasts, not part of any conspiracy, who acted entirely on their own. In Trump’s case, if the bullet fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks had struck a few centimeters closer to his skull, he would have died. In Reagan’s case, if the bullet fired by John Hinckley had struck a few centimeters closer to his heart, he would have died. Both men, afterward, unhesitatingly credited God for their survival.
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