Donald Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt on Saturday, which would be enough to have anyone counting themself lucky.
A judge he appointed embraced a longshot legal theory to dismiss the federal classified documents case against him in Florida on Monday, although expect an appeal.
Trump also announced former critic Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential nominee, cementing the reformation of the Republican Party around his populism.
He was officially nominated as the Republican candidate for president and his frenemy Sen. Mitch McConnell was booed when he announced Kentucky's support for Trump.
The assassination attempt has also wiped from the political conversation any talk of Democrats replacing President Joe Biden, Trump's preferred opponent, at least for now. Biden is doing another interview, with NBC News, on Monday.
Trump is reveling in the image of strength projected by the the photo of him being rushed off stage Saturday by Secret Service agents, his face dripping with blood.
Political conventions are traditionally the moment when candidates put their best foot forward, but this one in particular caps an incredible week of news and it has benefited Trump's campaign.
The selection of Vance signals that Trump's ticket in 2024 will be fully MAGA, but in the wake of the assassination attempt, Trump is talking about unity and promised to rewrite what he said was previously going to be a divisive convention speech on Thursday.
The main question that needs answering: What is Trump's version of unity?
Trump is a man who built his political career around division and promised in his inaugural address in 2017 to end "American Carnage."
The selection of Vance is a move toward populist conservatism, isolationism and anti-abortion rights, further to the right than Trump's current positions. Vance, for instance, on Saturday was quick to push the unfounded idea that Biden should be blamed for the attempt on Trump's life, in a post on X.
Will Trump break type to find a way to speak to Democrats when he accepts the Republican nomination?
Trump did endorse offering Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate for president, Secret Service protection. The two men met in Milwaukee Monday and a Kennedy aide said they discussed "national unity." The Secret Service will in fact grant protection to Kennedy.
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