‘God Was With Me’

“Donald Trump mused to supporters at a private event held near the Republican National Convention on Wednesday about his luck in surviving an attempted assassination,” the New York Times reports.

Said Trump, in a video clip of the event: “This has been our best campaign, and then I got shot! How does that happen? But I got lucky. God was with me, I tell you.”

He added: “That’s what they call a close call. That was amazing. Horrible thing, amazing thing. In many ways it changes your attitude, your viewpoint on life. And I think honestly, I think you appreciate God even more, I really do, because something happened. Not that it was pleasant. It wasn’t like it was a complete miss. But it was pretty terrible that that can happen. But this has been our best campaign.”

Sidney Blumenthal: To his supporters, Trump is a martyred messiah, resurrected after crucifixion.