Now it's up to Trump to ensure that cooler heads prevail

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : In those seconds of extreme crisis, and personal trauma, Trump displayed great bravery.
54% : Those evocative images of Trump from the past hours will no doubt boost his image and his chances of winning, stirring up feelings of sympathy and admiration in the hearts of many voters.
53% : Trump has said that it was "God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening", but his own instincts, too, played a part.
47% : The video clips show that Trump reacted immediately to what he knew was happening, and ducked.
40% : "When Trump attends the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee to accept formally the nomination of his party, he and he alone will have the authority to dispel the conspiracy theories and the mood for revenge affecting many of his most devoted supporters.
32% : The wider performance of the Secret Service on this occasion has, however, been subject to scrutiny, with some uncomfortable questions being asked about how Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to get so close to his target, and how some of the people in the crowd managed to raise the alarm before those who were supposed to be protecting Trump.
32% : Trump has often been accused of using inflammatory language, but his statements since his attempted murder have been measured and statesmanlike: "We pray for the recovery of those who were wounded, and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed.

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