 Mr. Trump says rough things and rough things are said about him. He does rough things too. And many of his enemies truly hate him and are accused of trying to thwart him in ways just and unjust. Can we hope for any improvement, she asks, any amelioration of the bile, maybe for a short term? The long term, I don't know. But shocks like an assassination attempt can reorder things in the political culture, at least for a while.