Post-shooting, Trump will get a ratings bump. Question is whether he will squander it by doubling down on the Iran war, misreading public mood again
Only one thing is guaranteed, after the attempted shooting of Trump at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The attempts to exploit this event for partisan gain, will succeed. Such success will not occur because the partisan practitioners are so skilled in the dark political arts. Rather, they will succeed because across America there is a terrifying appetite for political violence.