Nothing About the Attempted Assassination Redeems Trump

This crime does not erase what the former president has done, or what he has promised to do.

Adam Serwer generally seems to despise everything I love, but I cannot fault today’s headdline and sub-head.

That is a normative judgment, though — i.e., Trump is still Trump, and even if getting grazed by a bullet chastens him, it won’t transform him instantly into a mensch. But I tend to think that his defiant gesture as he left the podium will improve his image and gain him some votes.