President Donald Trump is not known for embodying the virtues Americans traditionally associate with the presidency. He can be vain, thin-skinned, impulsive and deeply polarizing.

Yet for all his flaws, Trump has shown a striking degree of physical courage under genuine threat. The man who fires off erratic social media posts at 3 a.m. and rambles through news conferences has, when bullets have actually flown, been steady.

Trump's composure was on display again days after surviving his third assassination attempt, when he and first lady Melania Trump welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla for a state visit complete with formal ceremony and afternoon tea.

Trump welcomes King Charles days after assassination attempt

In another presidency, such pageantry would have been routine. Coming days after a direct threat on his life, it was striking. Trump moved forward with the visit calmly, showing no visible sign that the assassination attempt had rattled him.

He toured........

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