
When it comes to January 6 and the 2020 election, the president’s insecurities are on full display.
Over the last few months, Donald Trump has seemed imperturbable.
His cease-fire with Iran teeters on the brink as global oil prices settle into their postwar plateau, giving Republicans palpitations ahead of a fraught midterm election cycle? Trump insists he doesn’t care. Republican voters abandon Trump’s preferred candidate in favor of a “MAHA”-flavored critic of his administration? Trump shrugs it off. The president’s beloved White House ballroom-slash-offensive-weapons-platform plan hits a wall? Trump takes it in relative stride.
It turns out that the president is not as unshakable as he has recently appeared -- not, at least, when his pride is at stake. ...

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