For years, Trump fanned the flames of political violence. Then it nearly killed him. 

The political career of former President Donald Trump has been marked most notably by attempts to divide the American people against one another. Even when rejected by the voters, as he was in 2020, his instincts and actions were to foment illegal rebellion to overturn the will of the American people, as demonstrated by his remarks and actions on Jan. 6, 2021 and ever since. 

Thank goodness an assassin’s bullet missed Trump. Now that we have avoided disaster, we must confront the cause.