Trump dodged more than a bullet at Saturday’s correspondents’ dinner 

I’m no fan of President Trump — never was and almost certainly never will be — but his performance at his press conference last Saturday night, shortly after the latest assassination attempt on him, was masterful.

Our president met the moment demonstrating, at least for a minute or so, two characteristics I have rarely detected in him — grace and dignity. 

What he could have done, if only because he ordinarily does it, is lash out at his would-be assassin as a left-wing lunatic — perhaps hired as a contract killer by Democrats or CNN or Hillary Clinton personally. He could have taken a page from his usual political playbook and gone tribal, unleashing his patented brand of outlandishly outraged vitriol at all of his usual suspects.

Instead, Trump touched briefly on a theme that speaks volumes to all of us: unity.  

“In light of this event,” he said, “I ask that all Americans recommit to resolving our differences peacefully.”

He went on to praise the elected officials and journalists at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner — whether Democrat, Republican, independent, conservative or liberal — for “coming together” as Secret Service agents spirited him away from danger. 

It actually seemed heartfelt — if only because I so wanted it to be.

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