Trump doesn’t get a pass because of his close call.
His calls for unity ring hollow. And what kind of unity is he talking about—in his party, in the nation (that would be laughable)?
He spends the last nine years talking in incendiary terms, advocating violence and inciting it, and then says it’s time for unity. Is he implying unity behind him? I refuse to believe he has it in his heart, which is twelve sizes too small, to even conceive of such a thing.
He gets no pass. He does not get to become a sympathetic figure. Or worse, a hero. Does anyone think for a minute that, after this attempt on his life, he’s a changed man? They would be as delusional as he still is.
It will be full speed ahead for him, and if he wins in November, say hello to Project 2025.