I dunno… this picture kinda does look like a pass to the White House, after all.
You gotta hand it to him: he sure is one hell of a showman. And he sure knows his act.
After the first shot sounded, it took Trump no more than 50 seconds to get his spirit and wits together - and get a firm grip on the entire situation.
In fact, within less than 9 seconds after he was back on his feet - and well on top of things.
For about 20 seconds, he was making history all right. American history. Political history. News history. Live TV history. Photographic history. Iconographic history. PR history. You name it.
After that, he really started overdoing it. The curtain was already down, and he kept his tap dance.
…As another millionaire once coined, on-screen: “Well, nobody’s perfect”.
(screenshot of Associated Press live broadcast)