 And so the power of photographs, if you really think about it, lies not so much in what they show, but in what is conveyed through images. And Trump seems to understand that better than any other politician in our time. These are my words. These are the words of the New York Times. And so in the midst of this mortal danger, because his life was in danger, he was like inches away from being killed. Trump in that instant had the presence of mind.