When Donald Trump takes the stage Thursday night and accepts for the third time the Republican Party’s nomination for president, he faces an opportunity and a temptation.
The temptation is to launch a full-bore attack on Democrats, President Biden, the left and the media. The opportunity is to use the sympathy he has garnered since last Saturday’s assassination attempt to pursue a loftier goal. He should choose the opportunity.
After Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinkley in 1981, the president told his wife, Nancy, at the hospital, “Honey, I forgot to duck.” That leaked comment immediately endeared him to many Americans, including, I suspect, some who had not voted for him.
Reagan’s display of humility and his refusal to condemn Hinkley astounded many, though it was consistent with his character. Two weeks after being shot, he returned to the White…
