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Trump also survived a gunshot that could have taken his life, and a little more than a week later absorbed another thunderbolt — President Biden’s departure from the race.

It sent a thunderbolt of fear down Asian and minority communities.

For me, it was a thunderbolt of thrill followed by pure abject terror that we might disappoint or “not have something good for her.”

This tension will define the Democratic reaction if a Manhattan jury indeed convicts Mr. Trump in the coming days, an outcome that could land like a thunderbolt for the nation’s news media and political class.

He drove fast Corvettes and owned multiple properties, plus a 42-foot yacht called Thunderbolt.