 But you could go on and on, and that's, you know, this thing will be studied for a very long time, because the same thing applies. A second, a millisecond, and a centimeter matter for the course of American history. That's astonishing, and it doesn't happen very often. Rich Lowry, I want to talk now just briefly about the character of President Trump in the aftermath of a physical attempt to murder him. Ronald Reagan displayed extraordinary courage. I hope you are all Republicans, he said to the doctors before they put him under at George Washington Hospital.